Compact Extensible Authentication Protocol for the Internet of Things: Enabling Scalable and Efficient Security Commissioning

Abstract

Internet of Things security is one of the most challenging parts of the domain. Combining strong cryptography and lifelong security with highly constrained devices under conditions of limited energy consumption and no maintenance time is extremely difficult task. This paper presents an approach that combines authentication and bootstrapping protocol (TEPANOM) with Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) framework optimized for the IEEE 802.15.4 networks. The solution achieves significant reduction of network resource usage. Additionally, by application of EAP header compacting approach, further network usage savings have been reached. The EAP-TEPANOM solution has achieved substantial reduction of 42% in the number of transferred packets and 35% reduction of the transferred data. By application of EAP header compaction, it has been possible to achieve up to 80% smaller EAP header. That comprises further reduction of transferred data for 3.84% for the EAP-TEPANOM method and 10% for the EAP-TLS-ECDSA based methods. The results have placed the EAP-TEPANOM method as one of the most lightweight EAP methods from ones that have been tested throughout this research, making it feasible for large scale deployments scenarios of IoT.

The Effect of Using COAP Protocol on Reducing Energy Consumption in Smart Houses (Case Study: Uromieh Culture House)

“…This protocol allows an interactive relationship more than internet for these electronics (Ludovici 26 , 2013). The protocol is suitable for devices with constrained sources like WSN 27 node, small and low power sensors, switches, valves and similar pieces which need remote control and/ remote monitoring such as standard internet networks (Shelby, Hartke& Bormann, 2014) 28 . Hereof, in expressing the main issue of the research that is the use of COAP effective on reducing energy consumption in the smart houses (case study: Uromieh Culture House)?…”

“…Then, the most important challenges in the Uromieh Culture House like lack of intelligence with the least energy consumption have been addressed among which the most important ones in this regard include the lack of intelligence in the Uromieh Culture House and the lack of devices that can be connected to each other through IOT and implement the intelligence issues with the least energy. So, the data and results collected from the Uromieh Culture House have 19 Pacheco, Gondim&Barret 20 Navas, Lagos, Toutain&Vijayasan 21 Chavan, K.Nighot 22 central processing unit (CPU) 23 Giang,Minkeun&Daeyoung 24 Skodzlk 25 Raza, Trabalza& Voigt 26 Ludovici 27 Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) 28 Shelby, Hartke& Bormann been identified and summarized; additional suggestions also provided according to the results. In the following, the research limitations and some suggestions (tips) are also presented which can cause more and more growth for the COAP communication protocol in IOT as the final section of this study.…”