Cross Layer Secure and Resource-Aware On-Demand Routing Protocol for Hybrid Wireless Mesh Networks

Khan, Shafiullah; Loo, Jonathan

doi:10.1007/s11277-010-0048-y

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“…However, PEACE only secures the network from external attacks and takes for granted that every internal node is cooperative and trustworthy. In [13], Khan et al. presented a cross-layer secure and resource-aware on demand routing protocol (CSROR).…”

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A trustworthy and energy-aware routing protocol in software-defined wireless mesh networks

Lin

et al. 2017

Computers & Electrical Engineering

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Abstract-Hybrid Wireless Mesh Networks (HWMNs) were proposed to address the challenges in wireless communications to support mobile applications across different domains. Due to the multi-hop and decentralized network architecture, HWMNs are naturally susceptible to various security threats, especially internal attacks. Therefore, HWMNs must be able to detect anomalies, provide secure routing and protect user privacy through the cooperation among nodes. However, the existing routing protocols for HWMNs cannot ensure the security to protect the users privacy effectively. Moreover, traditional HWMNs are vertically integrated where the control and data planes of mesh routers are bundled together, which makes it complex and difficult to configure the network according to predefined security policies, and to adaptively respond to various dynamic security threats.Software-Defined Wireless Mesh Networks decouple the control plane and data plane of routers and thus enable a more flexible and efficient configuration of security policies. Taking up this opportunity to address the aforementioned challenges, this paper proposes a privacy-aware, secure and energy-aware green routing (PSGR) protocol that can defend against internal attacks, achieve stronger privacy protection and reduce energy consumption in Software-Defined HWMNs. The elaborate theoretical analysis verify that the PSGR protocol can implement the security and privacy protection against internal attacks effectively and efficiently. Simulation results demonstrate a superior performance of PSGR in terms of packet delivery ratio, network throughput and energy efficiency compared to the existing PA-SHWMP, PASER, and HWMP protocols in the presence of Blackhole/Grayhole attacks and wormhole attacks.

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A trustworthy and energy-aware routing protocol in software-defined wireless mesh networks

Lin

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Computers & Electrical Engineering

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“…When node "e" receives packet count from cluster head which matches to its own packet count, it means node "d" is not malicious and all the packets are successfully relayed through node "d. " Our mechanism is per session basis contrary to the per packet bases mechanism proposed in [9]. e proposed security model can counter many kinds of active attacks such as blackhole, greyhole, and wormhole [1,8,9]. Blackhole is a compromised node and if it is located as intermediate node between source and destination, it is used to drop all the packets passing through it.…”

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“…e cluster head will send a packet count of 300 to node "e, " which means that cluster head successfully received 300 packets. When node "e" receives packet count from cluster head which matches to its own packet count, it means node "d" is not malicious and all the packets are successfully relayed through node "d. " Our mechanism is per session basis contrary to the per packet bases mechanism proposed in [9]. e proposed security model can counter many kinds of active attacks such as blackhole, greyhole, and wormhole [1,8,9].…”

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Secure Routing Protocol Using Cross-Layer Design and Energy Harvesting in Wireless Sensor Networks

Alrajeh

Khan

Lloret

et al. 2013

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks

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Energy efficiency is the main concern of research community while designing routing protocols for wireless sensor networks (WSNs). is concern can be addressed by using energy-harvesting scheme in routing protocols. In this paper, we propose a secure routing protocol that is based on cross layer design and energy-harvesting mechanism. It uses a distributed cluster-based security mechanism. In the cross-layer design, parameters are exchanged between different layers to ensure efficient use of energy. Energyharvesting system is used to extract and store energy, which is used to take decisions for the node state and thus for the routing issues. Simulation results show that our routing protocol can perform better in many scenarios and in hostile attack-prone environment.

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“…Reactive: the jammer attacks only when another radio attempts to use the channel.Several solutions to cope with these attacks have been proposed in the literature [12]. All of them are mainly based on ad hoc networks that have more energy and processing capacities, like routing algorithms [13]. Thus, to overcome these problems, WSNs need specific protection mechanism that detect and reacts to make attacks more complicated [14].…”

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Recursive‐clustering‐based approach for denial of service (DoS) attacks in wireless sensors networks

Fouchal¹,

Mansouri²,

Mokdad³

et al. 2013

Int J Communication

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This paper presents a novel approach for detecting denial of service attacks. In particular, the concern is on the sleeping deprivation attacks such as the malicious nodes that use flooding technique. Our approach is based on wireless sensor network (WSN) clustering. It consists in recursively clustering sensors until a required granularity (chosen by the expert) is achieved. We apply our approach with two different clustering algorithms. Indeed, we use the common clustering WSN algorithm Low Energy Algorithm Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy and the general clustering method Fast and Flexible Unsupervised Clustering Algorithm (FFUCA) based on ultrametric properties. We discuss the behavior of the approach with the two algorithms. Also, we present numerical results that show the efficiency of recursive clustering using the FFUCA algorithm. 310 S. FOUCHAL ET AL.to DoS attacks such as jamming or greedy attacks. The radio signal may be jammed or interfered with and then induces a communication breakdown or a message loss. Many attack strategies, which a jammer can perform, exist, such as the following [11]:Constant: random bits of data are sent continuously over channel. Deceptive: valid packets are sent continuously over the channel. Random: the jammer alternates between sleeping and jamming the channel. Reactive: the jammer attacks only when another radio attempts to use the channel.Several solutions to cope with these attacks have been proposed in the literature [12]. All of them are mainly based on ad hoc networks that have more energy and processing capacities, like routing algorithms [13]. Thus, to overcome these problems, WSNs need specific protection mechanism that detect and reacts to make attacks more complicated [14]. In this context, many approaches are suitable of specific topology organization, especially a hierarchical one [15].Hierarchical topology of WSNs is based on clusters [16]. In fact, sensors are gathered into clusters. Each cluster is represented by a cluster head (CH). The CHs collect information that is locally processed and send it to the BS. This CHs are chosen among sensors that have sufficient resources (i.e., residual energy, memory, and computing capacity) [17]. The common algorithms that are used to cluster WSNs are Low Energy Algorithm Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy (LEACH) [18,19] and a Hybrid, Energy Efficient, Distributed (HEED) clustering approach for ad hoc sensor networks [20].Alrajeh et al. proposed in [4] a secure routing protocol for WSNs that uses a cluster-based security mechanism. They have considered cross-layer design and energy-harvesting system. The cross-layer information exchange allows a network usage and resources optimization by communicating different layers. This induces a multiple parameters exchange and so increases network performance and its efficiency. The energy-harvesting mechanism is applied to enlarge sensors availability and thus the network lifetime. This proposal offers a consistent energy management and efficient solution of secure path from source to ...

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Cross Layer Secure and Resource-Aware On-Demand Routing Protocol for Hybrid Wireless Mesh Networks

Cited by 28 publications

References 23 publications

A trustworthy and energy-aware routing protocol in software-defined wireless mesh networks

A trustworthy and energy-aware routing protocol in software-defined wireless mesh networks

Secure Routing Protocol Using Cross-Layer Design and Energy Harvesting in Wireless Sensor Networks

Recursive‐clustering‐based approach for denial of service (DoS) attacks in wireless sensors networks

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