Title :
Battery-Sensing Intrusion Protection for Wireless Handheld Computers Using a Dynamic Threshold Calculation Algorithm for Attack Detection
Author :
Buennemeyer, Timothy K. ; Munshi, Faiz ; Marchany, Randy C. ; Tront, Joseph G.
Author_Institution :
Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA
Abstract :
This paper proposes a pioneering battery-sensing intrusion protection system (B-SIPS) for mobile computers, which alerts on power changes detected on small wireless devices, using an innovative dynamic threshold calculation algorithm. B-SIPS enabled hosts are employed as sensors in a wireless network and form the basis of the intrusion detection system (IDS). This detection capability is scalable and complementary with existing commercial and open system network IDSs. B-SIPS implementation correlates device power consumption with IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi and 802.15.1 Bluetooth communication activity. Irregular and attack activity is detected and reported to the intrusion detection engine for correlation with existing signatures in a database and for forensic investigation by a security manager
Keywords :
mobile computing; mobile radio; notebook computers; security of data; 802.15.1 Bluetooth communication; IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi; battery-sensing intrusion protection; dynamic threshold calculation algorithm; mobile computer; open system network; power consumption; wireless device; wireless handheld computer; wireless network; Bluetooth; Energy consumption; Handheld computers; Heuristic algorithms; Intrusion detection; Mobile computing; Open systems; Power system protection; Sensor systems; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 2007. HICSS 2007. 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Electronic_ISBN :
1530-1605
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.2007.103
