DRKH: A Power Efficient Encryption Protocol forWireless Devices

Author

Kholaif, Ahmad M. ; Fayek, Magda B. ; Eissa, Hussein S. ; Baraka, Hoda A.

Author_Institution

McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ont.

fYear

2005

fDate

17-17 Nov. 2005

Firstpage

822

Lastpage

829

Abstract

In this paper, we present dynamic rekeying with key hopping (DRKH) encryption protocol that uses RC4 encryption technique to ensure a strong security level with the advantage of low execution cost compared to other IEEE 802.11 security schemes. Low computational complexity makes DRKH suitable for solar- and battery-powered handheld devices such as nodes in Solar ESS (extended service set) and wireless sensor networks. Our design goal is to eventually integrate DRKH with different emerging wireless technologies. However, in this paper, we focus on the integration of DRKH with 802.11 standard since it is the most widely deployed wireless technology. The results and analysis show that DRKH overcomes all the security threats with wired equivalent privacy (WEP) protocol while consuming a much lower power than WEP, Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) 1.0 and WPA 2.0

Keywords

cryptography; protocols; telecommunication security; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11 security; RC4 encryption technique; dynamic rekeying with key hopping; encryption protocol; extended service set; wired equivalent privacy protocols; wireless devices; wireless sensor networks; Access protocols; Communication system security; Computational complexity; Costs; Cryptography; Electronic switching systems; Handheld computers; Privacy; Protection; Wireless sensor networks; Authentication; Dynamic Re-keying; Key Hopping; Power Devices; WLAN Security;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local Computer Networks, 2005. 30th Anniversary. The IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

ISSN

0742-1303

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2421-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LCN.2005.54

Filename

1550969