Performance analysis of QKD based key distribution for IEEE 802.11 networks

Author

Wijesekera, S. ; Huang, X. ; Sharma, D.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Inf. Sci. & Eng., Univ. of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia

fYear

2011

fDate

19-21 July 2011

Firstpage

246

Lastpage

251

Abstract

Demand for wireless communications has been growing rapidly. This popularity of wireless networks is due to many advantages compared to the wired networks. However, since wireless signals are open to anyone, the security issues with wireless networks becoming a real concern. In our previous research work, we have demonstrated a Quantum Cryptography based approach for IEEE 802.11 networks to distribute the secret key. In this paper, we analyze the experimental results of this protocol for better performance and security enhancements.

Keywords

cryptographic protocols; quantum cryptography; radio networks; telecommunication security; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11 networks; QKD based key distribution; protocol; quantum cryptography; security enhancements; wireless communications; wireless network security; wireless signals; Error analysis; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Object oriented modeling; Parity check codes; Photonics; Protocols; Security; IEEE 802.11; IEEE 802.1X; Quantum Key Distribution (QKD); Wi-Fi;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Privacy, Security and Trust (PST), 2011 Ninth Annual International Conference on

Conference_Location

Montreal, QC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0582-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PST.2011.5971990

Filename

5971990