Routing security in wireless ad hoc networks

Author

Deng, Hongmei ; Li, Wei ; Agrawal, Dharma P.

Author_Institution

Cincinnati Univ., OH, USA

Volume

40

Issue

10

fYear

2002

fDate

10/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

70

Lastpage

75

Abstract

A mobile ad hoc network consists of a collection of wireless mobile nodes that are capable of communicating with each other without the use of a network infrastructure or any centralized administration. MANET is an emerging research area with practical applications. However, wireless MANET is particularly vulnerable due to its fundamental characteristics, such as open medium, dynamic topology, distributed cooperation, and constrained capability. Routing plays an important role in the security of the entire network. In general, routing security in wireless MANETs appears to be a problem that is not trivial to solve. In this article we study the routing security issues of MANETs, and analyze in detail one type of attack-the "black hole" problem-that can easily be employed against the MANETs. We also propose a solution for the black hole problem for ad hoc on-demand distance vector routing protocol.

Keywords

land mobile radio; radio networks; security of data; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication security; transport protocols; distributed cooperation; dynamic topology; home wireless personal area networks; mobile ad hoc network; on-demand distance vector routing protocol; open medium; routing security; satellite transmission; wireless MANET; wireless ad hoc networks; wireless mobile nodes; Ad hoc networks; Communication system security; Intelligent networks; Mobile ad hoc networks; Mobile communication; Power system modeling; Routing protocols; Wireless communication; Wireless personal area networks; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2002.1039859

Filename

1039859