Emulation-Based Performance Evaluation of Routing Protocols for Uaanets

2015 IEEE/AIAA 34th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC)

2015

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UAV Ad hoc NETworks (UAANET) are a new form of ad hoc networks in which nodes are Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Ground Control Station (GCS). Although this field generated a certain interest in the scientific community, it has only received a modest contribution. Compared to Mobile Ad hoc NETworks (MANET), this new network paradigm has some unique features and brings specific challenges such as node mobility degree, network connectivity patterns, delay-sensitive applications and network security. Indeed, some UAV communication architectures have been proposed, but none of them has been designed with security in mind. This lack of scientific investigation can make the certification of UAANETs difficult to obtain. In this paper, we present our vision of such a challenge and the research that we are conducting to reach this objective. The aim is to propose an original secure routing protocol for UAVs using a MDD (Model Driven Development) approach which will ease the certification of final UAV products. The first preliminary results concerning our secure-routing protocol design will be presented. This paper describes our ongoing research which will provide secure communications for UAV ad hoc networks at the end of the SUANET (Secure Uav Ad-hoc NETwork) project. Index Terms-UAV Ad hoc NETwork (UAANET), Security Architecture, Model Driven Development, Routing Protocol. 1 UAVs used in UAANETs are deployed in untrustworthy environments in which external attacks can occur due to the absence of fixed infrastructure 2 DGAC: Direction Générale de l Aviation Civile which is equivalent to FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) but at a French scale.

Section: B Emulation Testbed Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Secure routing protocol design for UAV Ad hoc NETworks

Maxa

Mahmoud

2015 IEEE/AIAA 34th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC)

2015

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“…The question is now: which of these routing protocols fits UAANET environments. To provide an answer to this question, in [7], we introduced an emulation-based performance evaluation of MANETs routing protocols for UAANETs. This realistic study considers the Linux kernel networking stack requirements, the protocol implementations, the background traffics, the real time execution features and a realistic UAVs mobility model that was deduced from real UAS flights.…”

Section: B Routing Protocol For Uaanetmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Finally, we used a hybrid experimental system [7] (based on virtual machines and the Virtualmesh framework to emulate physical aspects) to evaluate SUAP routing protocol effectiveness under a realistic UAANET scenario. We compared SUAP and AODV [8] in a realistic scenario with three UAVs in flight.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Extended verification of secure UAANET routing protocol

Maxa

Mahmoud

2016 IEEE/AIAA 35th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC)

2016

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UAV Ad hoc Network (UAANET) is a wireless ad hoc network composed of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Ground Control Station (GCS). It requires an efficient and secure routing protocols to find accurate and secure route between nodes to exchange data traffics. There have been several secure routing proposals to ensure data authentication and integrity services of ad hoc routing protocols. However, most of them are vulnerable against wormhole attacks and therefore cannot be used for UAANET directly without amendment. The wormhole attack involves two attackers who perform a colluding attack.In this paper, we present a new UAANET secure routing protocol called SUAP (Secure Uav Ad hoc routing Protocol). It ensures message authentication and provides detection and prevention of wormhole attacks. SUAP is a reactive protocol using public key cryptography, hash chains and geographical leashes. We have carried out a formal verification analysis of SUAP security properties using the AVISPA tool, an automated model checker for the analysis of security features. We have also validated our security proposal through formal model checking using Simulink and Stateflow tools. Additionally, we use a hybrid experimental system (based on virtual machines and a virtual mesh framework) under a realistic UAANET scenario to evaluate SUAP routing performances and validate its security properties.Index Terms-UAV Ad hoc NETwork, Security Architecture, AVISPA, Model Driven Development, Routing Protocol.

“…This architecture uses an ad hoc routing protocol. We chose AODV mainly because it was shown that it provides better performances for UAANET [17]. Here is a description of the operation of this architecture with a short description on how to implement required functions for securing the network.…”

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Software defined network based architecture to improve security in a swarm of drones

Guerber

2019 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)

Royer

2019

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With the trend of developing more and more applications for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), several research projects have considered new missions where single UAVs are replaced by swarms of drones. Although today regulations do not take into account such scenarios, implementation of an efficient security policy appears mandatory before operating a swarm of drones in open spaces. Consequently, this paper introduces an architecture for providing security features through the use of software defined network (SDN) technologies. To validate our approach, we compare the routing performance of our architecture with a classical solution based on the AODV routing protocol and the use of iptables rules. The results confirm the suitability of a SDN solution in this context. Finally, we present how it may be used to improve network security for a swarm of cooperative drones.