A Security Architecture for Personal Networks

Assed  Jehangir; Sonia M. Heemstra de Groot

3rd Annual International ICST Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networks and Services

Research Article

A Security Architecture for Personal Networks

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    title={A Security Architecture for Personal Networks},
    proceedings={3rd Annual International ICST Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networks and Services},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={PERNETS},
    year={2007},
    month={5},
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    doi={10.1109/MOBIQW.2006.361752}
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Assed Jehangir
Sonia M. Heemstra de Groot
Year: 2007
A Security Architecture for Personal Networks
PERNETS
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/MOBIQW.2006.361752

Assed Jehangir¹, Sonia M. Heemstra de Groot¹

1: Fac. of Electr. Eng., Twente Univ., Enschede

Abstract

Personal network (PN) is a new concept utilizing pervasive computing to meet the needs of the user. As PNs edge closer towards reality, security becomes an important concern since any vulnerability in the system will limit its practical use. In this paper we introduce a security architecture designed for PNs. Our aim is to use secure but lightweight mechanisms suitable for resource constrained devices and wireless communication. We support pair-wise keys for secure cluster formation and use group keys for securing intra-cluster communication. In order to analyze the performance of our proposed mechanisms, we carry out simulations using ns-2. The results show that our mechanisms have a low overhead in terms of delay and energy consumption

Published: 2007-05-21
Publisher: IEEE

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MOBIQW.2006.361752