A novel localised authentication scheme in IEEE 802.11 based Wireless Mesh Networks

Abstract

Abstract:In the paper, we propose an efficient two-factor localised authentication scheme for inter-domain handover and roaming in IEEE 802.11 based service-oriented wireless mesh networks (WMNs). Some important aspects, such as resource-constraint Mobile Stations (MSs) and the ping-pong movement phenomenon when handover roaming across different hotspots occurs, are considered. An analytic model is developed to investigate the efficiency of the proposed scheme. Numerical results are given to demonstrate the superiority of the proposed scheme in terms of the resultant signalling overhead, power consumption, and authentication latency, compared with the legacy authentication schemes without losing the capability of preserving the system security.

A Survey on Wireless Mesh Networks and its Security Issues

“…Lin et al have proposed a two-factor localized authentication scheme for inter-domain handover and mobility management in IEEE 802.11 standard compliant WMNs [32] .It utilizes the asymmetric property of Rabin cryptosystem in mobility management issues where APs have high computational power and the MSs are resource-constrained. For providing enhanced security, it uses two-factor authentication for roaming mobile users.…”

AACT: Anonymous and Accountable communication topology for Wireless Mesh Networks

“…Wan et al [25] proposed two privacy-preserving routing schemes to give anonymity, unlinkability, and security for WMNs. The authors of [26], [27] presented an authentication scheme for WMNs, which is resilient against mesh router compromise. Other general privacy-aware authentication methods are described in [28], [29], [30].…”

Secured Identity Based Routing and privacy preservation in Wireless Mesh Networks

“…They have ignored how to deal with identity privacy and not mentioned how authentication are performed between mesh nodes. The authors of [10], [11] presented an authentication scheme for WMNs, which is resilient against mesh router compromise. Other general privacy-aware authentication techniques are described in [12], [13], [14].…”