On evaluating the performance impact of the IEEE 802.15.4 security sub-layer

Daidone, Roberta; Dini, Gianluca; Anastasi, Giuseppe

doi:10.1016/j.comcom.2014.03.025

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“…The performance of the 802.15.4 MAC protocol, both in BE mode and NBE mode, have been thoroughly investigated in the past [22][23] [24][25] [26][27] [28][29] [30] [31]. As a result, a number of limitations and deficiencies have been identified:  Unbounded Delay.…”

Section: Limitations Of 802154mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In fact, many products compliant to this standard are available today. Many studies have investigated the IEEE 802.15.4 performance in WSANs [22][23] [24][25] [26][27] [28][29] [30] [31]. These works highlighted that IEEE 802.15.4 has a number of limitations (such as low communication reliability and no protection against interferences/fading) that make it unsuitable for applications having stringent requirements in terms of latency, reliability, scalability or operating in harsh environments [32].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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IEEE 802.15.4e: A survey

Guglielmo

Brienza

Anastasi

2016

Computer Communications

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Several studies have highlighted that the IEEE 802.15.4 standard presents a number of limitations such as low reliability, unbounded packet delays and no protection against interference/fading, that prevent its adoption in applications with stringent requirements in terms of reliability and latency. Recently, the IEEE has released the 802.15.4e amendment that introduces a number of enhancements/modifications to the MAC layer of the original standard in order to overcome such limitations. In this paper we provide a clear and structured overview of all the new 802.15.4e mechanisms. After a general introduction to the 802.15.4e standard, we describe the details of the main 802.15.4e MAC behavior modes, namely Time Slotted Channel Hopping (TSCH), Deterministic and Synchronous Multichannel Extension (DSME), and Low Latency Deterministic Network (LLDN). For each of them, we provide a detailed description and highlight the main features and possible application domains. Also, we survey the current literature and summarize open research issues.

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Section: Limitations Of 802154mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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IEEE 802.15.4e: A survey

Guglielmo

Brienza

Anastasi

2016

Computer Communications

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“…IEEE 802.15.4 defines the security requirements in the data link layer [11], and supports security techniques to protect the wireless communication from possible attack. These techniques assure the confidentiality, integrity, authenticity and replay protection on a per-frame basis [12]. IEEE 802.15.4 offers two operational modes: a beacon-enabled mode, and a non-beacon enabled mode [13].…”

Section: Ieee 802154 Security Specificationmentioning

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“…However, the employed key length is 128 bits. An unsecured frame consists of three fields: a MAC header with 7 to 23 bytes, data payloads with 0 to 115 bytes, and Frame Check Sequences (FCS) with 2 bytes [12]. A secured frame has one more field named Auxiliary Security Header (ASH), with 5 to 14 bytes.…”

Section: Ieee 802154 Security Specificationmentioning

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Impact of duty cycle protocols on security cost of IoT

Alharby

Harris

Weddell

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2018 9th International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS)

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With the evolution of IoT embedded devices and their broad application, security has become crucial. Security comes at a cost to these limited devices in terms of energy. However, evaluating security cost is not straightforward, as there are many factors involved, such as the employed security services and type of hardware. This research studies the impact of duty cycle protocols on security cost in IoT embedded devices. It begins by evaluating the cost of security on a per-packet basis, and then evaluates how duty cycle protocols could affect security cost. The research demonstrates the relationship between duty cycle protocols and security cost, which could be a source of confusion when measuring the actual security cost in a real scenario.

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“…The block cipher used in this standard is the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). The cost of security services implementation on control network latency is significant enough even with the use of hardware cryptography as it causes overhead of approximately 1.4 ms [9]. This security overhead can't be overlooked for networks with latency requirements not more than ten milliseconds.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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TDMA based IEEE 802.15.4 for simple/secured low latency deterministic networked control systems

Anwar

Xia

2015

2015 34th Chinese Control Conference (CCC)

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In this paper, we propose a time division multiple access (TDMA) based protocol that works on slightly modified IEEE 802.15.4 network in star topology for secured and unsecured low latency deterministic networks (LLDN) for industrial control systems. This protocol ensures total superframe time as low as ten milliseconds as compared to minimum possible superframe time of 15.36 milliseconds. In these networks, Each end device transmits its data frame in their allotted timeslot. The timeslot and inter timeslot spacing is optimized for channel bandwidth utilization and reliable data frame exchange. While this TDMA based protocol eliminates the risk of frame collisions to great extent, MAC sub-layer tweaking improves the non-determinism of the network and increases its bandwidth efficiency. We also investigate the security impact on the performance of LLDN. A mathematical model is developed that takes empirical values as input and predicts the worst case arrival times of network devices at coordinator. Experiments were conducted to evaluate the suggested protocol and mathematical model.

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On evaluating the performance impact of the IEEE 802.15.4 security sub-layer

Cited by 14 publications

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IEEE 802.15.4e: A survey

IEEE 802.15.4e: A survey

Impact of duty cycle protocols on security cost of IoT

TDMA based IEEE 802.15.4 for simple/secured low latency deterministic networked control systems

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