Enhancing wireless security through reconfigurable antennas

Author

Mookiah, Prathaban ; Dandekar, Kapil R.

Author_Institution

Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

10-14 Jan. 2010

Firstpage

593

Lastpage

596

Abstract

Applying channel information for user authentication is gaining attention in the area of wireless network security. Numerous studies have demonstrated reconfigurable antennas with multiple operating modes that have the ability to choose the best channel in a given environment. We investigate the performance gains that can be achieved by using multiple uncorrelated channel realizations for user authentication at the physical layer by employing a reconfigurable antenna. Ray tracing simulations using a reconfigurable circular patch antenna were carried out and the intruder detection rate and false alarm rates were studied as a function of the number of available antenna modes and the SNR at the receiver.

Keywords

message authentication; microstrip antennas; radio networks; ray tracing; telecommunication security; SNR; antenna modes; false alarm rates; intruder detection rate; physical layer; physical-layer authentication; ray tracing simulations; receiver; reconfigurable circular patch antenna; user authentication; wireless network security; Antenna radiation patterns; Authentication; Communication system security; Fingerprint recognition; Information security; Patch antennas; Physical layer; RAKE receivers; Receiving antennas; Transmitters; Reconfigurable antennas; physical-layer authentication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4725-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4726-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RWS.2010.5434129

Filename

5434129