Security enhancement through multiple path transmission in ad hoc networks

We propose a novel way to further secure the data transmitted along routes of a wireless ad hoc network, after a potentially secure connection has been established between two nodes. In our method, the encryption/decryption key used is the message itself. Our approach requires that the message is split into parts (sub-messages) and that the encrypted sub-messages be transmitted along different paths (routes) which are reception disjoint.