A dynamic mix method for wireless ad hoc networks

Author

Jiang, Shu ; Vaidya, Nitin H. ; Zhao, Wei

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

873

Abstract

A wireless ad hoc network is subject to various security attacks including traffic analysis. In this paper, we explore the approach of preventing traffic analysis through hiding the source and destination of packets. We argue that Chaum´s (1981) mix method and proposed security schemas (IPSec (Kent et al. (1998)), Onion Routing (Reed et al. (1998)), and Non Disclosure Method (Fasbender et al. (1996))) cannot adapt to the dynamic changes of topology in a wireless ad hoc network and may cause network performance degradation. A dynamic mix method is proposed which attempts to improve the network performance while still hiding the source and destination of packets.

Keywords

cryptography; military communication; mobile computing; mobile radio; network topology; packet radio networks; performance evaluation; telecommunication security; telecommunication traffic; Chaum mix method; IPSec; Non Disclosure Method; Onion Routing; dynamic mix method; dynamic topology changes; network performance degradation; packet destination hiding; security attacks; security schemas; source hiding; traffic analysis; wireless ad hoc network; Ad hoc networks; Communication system security; Cryptography; Data security; Degradation; Mobile ad hoc networks; Network topology; Radio frequency; Routing; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2001. MILCOM 2001. Communications for Network-Centric Operations: Creating the Information Force. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7225-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2001.985964

Filename

985964