Emerging Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs): — An analysis of techniques, tools and threats

Author

Hunt, Richard

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

fYear

2012

fDate

12-14 Dec. 2012

Firstpage

274

Lastpage

279

Abstract

Wireless Personal Area Networks provide a pivotal role in local area network technology complementing traditional Wireless Local Area Network technologies. Bluetooth, ZigBee and NFC (Near Field Communications) have emerged as key WPAN technologies with UWB (Ultra Wide Band) standards currently evolving. They are however subject to the usual range of security vulnerabilities found in wireless LANs such as spoofing, snooping, man-in-the-middle, denial of service and other attacks. However security in WPANs is not as mature as it is in Wireless LANs and further work is needed in order to provide comparable protection. This paper examines a range of WPAN technologies and security issues and proposes protection mechanisms that can mitigate risk in each case.

Keywords

Bluetooth; Zigbee; computer network security; near-field communication; ultra wideband communication; wireless LAN; Bluetooth; NFC; UWB standards; WPAN technology; ZigBee; denial of service attack; emerging wireless personal area networks; man-in-the-middle attack; near field communications; pivotal role; protection mechanisms; security issues; security vulnerability; snooping attack; spoofing attack; ultra wide band standards; wireless LAN; wireless local area network technology; Bluetooth; Communication system security; Security; Wireless communication; Wireless personal area networks; Zigbee; Bluetooth; Near Field Communication; Ultra Wide Band; WPANs; ZigBee;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Networks (ICON), 2012 18th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

ISSN

1556-6463

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4521-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICON.2012.6506569

Filename

6506569