Title :
Primary User Emulation attack and their mitigation strategies: A survey
Author :
Naqvi, Bilal ; Rashid, Imran ; Riaz, Farhan ; Aslam, Baber
Author_Institution :
Nat. Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Islamabad, Pakistan
Abstract :
Cognitive Radio emerged as a solution to solve the spectrum scarcity by allowing unlicensed user to exist with the licensed users of the network whenever the licensed users are in idle state. Cognitive radio since its inception has received a lot of importance as far as research is concerned, however security threats also emerged with this promising technology among which Primary User Emulation (PUE) attack is one. We cover an understanding of the PUE attack in this paper and then discuss existing solutions to mitigate it along with the limitations of the proposed solutions. In end we identify the need of solution to address a case that has not been addressed yet.
Keywords :
cognitive radio; telecommunication security; PUE attack; cognitive radio; licensed users; primary user emulation attack; security threats; spectrum scarcity; unlicensed user; Ad hoc networks; Approximation methods; Bandwidth; Cognitive radio; Emulation; Radio transmitters; Sensors; Cognitive Radio Network; Opportunistic access; Primary User Emulation Attack; Sensing;
Conference_Titel :
Information Assurance (NCIA), 2013 2nd National Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rawalpindi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1287-2
DOI :
10.1109/NCIA.2013.6725331