Research Article
A secure and lightweight multicast communication system for Smart Grids
@ARTICLE{10.4108/eai.13-7-2018.156004, author={Tiago Ant\~{o}nio Rizzetti and Bol\^{\i}var Menezes da Silva and Alexandre Silva Rodrigues and Rafael Gressler Milbradt and Luciane Neves Canha}, title={A secure and lightweight multicast communication system for Smart Grids}, journal={EAI Endorsed Transactions on Security and Safety}, volume={5}, number={16}, publisher={EAI}, journal_a={SESA}, year={2018}, month={12}, keywords={Security, Key Distribution, WMN, Multicast, Multihop, AMI, Smart Grids, Secure Multicast, Message Authentication}, doi={10.4108/eai.13-7-2018.156004} }- Tiago Antônio Rizzetti
Bolívar Menezes da Silva
Alexandre Silva Rodrigues
Rafael Gressler Milbradt
Luciane Neves Canha
Year: 2018
A secure and lightweight multicast communication system for Smart Grids
SESA
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.13-7-2018.156004
Abstract
In the Smart Grids context, all communications must be handled in a secure way, including multicast traffic. The Application Layer Multicast (ALM) algorithms provide better flexibility and can employ security mechanisms, however, causes overhead to all nodes to build the multicast tree. In this work is proposed another approach to provide a secure multicast focusing on filtering packets on nodes without need an overlay protocol. It uses the multihop property of Wireless Mesh Networks (WMN) usually employed to bring connectivity to smart meters. Also, there is the support to message authentication code (MAC) using symmetric cryptography and presents an algorithm to provide a secure key distribution system. The results show that this approach is lightweight, secure, and assures multicast message delivery, even on failures caused by attacks on the key distribution system. The key management protocol used to provide authentication and integrity are evaluated using an automated test tool.
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