Distributed Trust Relationship and Polynomial Key Generation for IEEE 802.16m Networks

Author

DeCarlo, Andrew ; Porthy, J. ; Tyler, Sherman ; Bin Xie ; Reddy, Ranga ; Zhao, David

Author_Institution

Infoscitex Corp., Waltham, MA, USA

fYear

2009

Firstpage

111

Lastpage

116

Abstract

Mobile relay stations (RSs) provide broadband wireless access (BWA) networks with additional mobility, which extends network coverage and advances dynamic networking and ubiquitous computing. However, there are many unresolved security vulnerabilities in the current IEEE 802.16 standard, such as BS/RS spoofing. Additional measures are needed to ensure that each component in the network is a trusted entity, verified by a trusted server and accessible through secure private channels. We suggest a distributed trust relationship (DTR) with polynomial-based key generation as a way of mutually validating trustworthiness between network components and preventing compromised components from infecting the entire network.

Keywords

WiMax; cryptographic protocols; mobile computing; mobile radio; radio access networks; telecommunication security; wireless channels; IEEE 802.16 m network; broadband wireless access network; decryption; distributed trust relationship; encryption; mobile relay station; polynomial key generation; secure private channels; security protocol; ubiquitous computing; Access protocols; Authentication; Data privacy; Data security; Network topology; Polynomials; Relays; Spine; Spread spectrum communication; USA Councils; Dynamic networks; encryption/decryption; mobile routing; network security; security vulnerabilities;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mobile WiMAX Symposium, 2009. MWS '09. IEEE

Conference_Location

Napa Valley, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3989-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-3719-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWS.2009.18

Filename

5277874