6th International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China

Research Article

A Cooperative Recommendation Trust Model for Ad Hoc Networks

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/ChinaCom.2011.6158171,
        author={Zuhao Liu and Li Yu and Wei Cheng and Ke Wang},
        title={A Cooperative Recommendation Trust Model for Ad Hoc Networks},
        proceedings={6th International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={CHINACOM},
        year={2012},
        month={3},
        keywords={cooperative trust recommendation trust ad hoc networks},
        doi={10.1109/ChinaCom.2011.6158171}
    }
    
  • Zuhao Liu
    Li Yu
    Wei Cheng
    Ke Wang
    Year: 2012
    A Cooperative Recommendation Trust Model for Ad Hoc Networks
    CHINACOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/ChinaCom.2011.6158171
Zuhao Liu1, Li Yu1,*, Wei Cheng1, Ke Wang1
  • 1: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
*Contact email: hustlyu@mail.hust.edu.cn

Abstract

Since traditional security methods do not work very well in ad hoc networks, trust frameworks are introduced as a supplement to security mechanism. In current trust evaluation systems, direct trust information and recommendation trust information (secondhand information) are both used to calculate the trust value. However, some advanced attackers create false recommendation trust information. Therefore, the trust framework needs to distinguish between true and false recommendation information. This paper proposes a novel cooperative recommendation trust model called CRTrust. In CRTrust, the nodes providing recommendations are divided into different sets on the basis of the recommendation similarities. Similar opinions are fused by Dempster’s rule and delivered by highly trusted nodes. CRTrust is evaluated both on numerical simulations and SITL(System In The Loop) platform. Simulation results show that CRTrust significantly outperforms conventional trust model without cooperation mechanism.