Title :
Device authentication mechanism for Smart Energy Home Area Networks
Author :
Vaidya, Binod ; Makrakis, Dimitrios ; Mouftah, Hussein T.
Author_Institution :
SITE, Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Smart Energy Home Area Networks (SE-HAN) enable two-way communication between utility companies and HAN devices. Due to multifaceted nature of SE-HAN, securely managing SE-HAN is very challenging. In this paper, we propose a device authentication mechanism for smart energy home area network. The proposed mechanism is more robust and secure than the existing one.
Keywords :
computer network management; home computing; telecommunication security; HAN devices; SE-HAN; device authentication mechanism; security management; smart energy home area networks; two-way communication; utility companies; Authentication; Elliptic curve cryptography; Elliptic curves; Protocols; Zigbee;
Conference_Titel :
Consumer Electronics (ICCE), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8711-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICCE.2011.5722864
