A performance evaluation of security schemes proposed for the OLSR protocol

Author

Winjum, Eli ; Hegland, Anne Marie ; Spilling, Pål ; Kure, Øivind

Author_Institution

UniK-Univ. Graduate Center at Kjeller

fYear

2005

fDate

17-20 Oct. 2005

Firstpage

2307

Abstract

The proactive optimized link state routing (OLSR) protocol for mobile wireless ad hoc networks has no default security services. Three different schemes have been proposed to protect the protocol. Even though equal with regard to provided security services, the impact on resource consumption diverge significantly due to the design choices. This paper investigates and analyzes the recommended mechanisms with regard to bandwidth consumption and delay. Mechanisms evaluated are the utilization of separate signature messages versus directly signed routing messages, routing message aggregation as a possible way of reducing bandwidth consumption, times tamps versus sequence numbers as the basis for replay protection and periodical versus on-demand exchange of time information

Keywords

ad hoc networks; bandwidth allocation; digital signatures; mobile radio; performance evaluation; resource allocation; routing protocols; telecommunication security; bandwidth consumption; delay; mobile wireless ad hoc network; optimized link state routing; performance evaluation; proactive OLSR protocol; resource consumption; routing message; security scheme; signature message; Authentication; Bandwidth; Communication system traffic control; Data security; Delay; Mobile ad hoc networks; Network topology; Protection; Routing protocols; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2005. MILCOM 2005. IEEE

Conference_Location

Atlantic City, NJ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9393-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2005.1606013

Filename

1606013