A Novel Physical Layer Secure Key Generation and Refreshment Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks
Physical layer secure key generation (PL-SKG) schemes have received a lot of attention from the wireless security community in recent years because of the potential benefits that they could bring to the security landscape. These schemes aim to strengthen current security protocols by reducing the am...
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| author | Kemedi Moara-Nkwe Qi Shi Gyu Myoung Lee Mahmoud Hashem Eiza |
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| description | Physical layer secure key generation (PL-SKG) schemes have received a lot of attention from the wireless security community in recent years because of the potential benefits that they could bring to the security landscape. These schemes aim to strengthen current security protocols by reducing the amount of key material that devices need for deployment. They do this by harnessing the common source of randomness provided by the wireless channel that the physical layer is communicating over. This is of particular importance in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) where resources are particularly scarce and where issues, such as key revocation and recovery make the design of efficient key management schemes extremely difficult. This paper discusses the issues and challenges encountered in the design and implementation of PL-SKG schemes on off-the-shelf WSNs. It then proposes a novel key generation scheme that takes advantage of both the power and simplicity of classic error correcting codes and also the diversity of frequency channels available on 802.15.4 compliant nodes to generate keys from received signal strength readings. This paper shows that our key generation and refreshment scheme can achieve a near 100% key reconciliation rate whilst also providing perfect forward and backward security. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-66c39c8641344090af85aef11cf8debb2022-12-21T20:18:39ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362018-01-016113741138710.1109/ACCESS.2018.28064238293762A Novel Physical Layer Secure Key Generation and Refreshment Scheme for Wireless Sensor NetworksKemedi Moara-Nkwe0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6449-2249Qi Shi1Gyu Myoung Lee2Mahmoud Hashem Eiza3Department of Computer Science, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, U.K.Department of Computer Science, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, U.K.Department of Computer Science, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, U.K.School of Physical Sciences and Computing, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, U.K.Physical layer secure key generation (PL-SKG) schemes have received a lot of attention from the wireless security community in recent years because of the potential benefits that they could bring to the security landscape. These schemes aim to strengthen current security protocols by reducing the amount of key material that devices need for deployment. They do this by harnessing the common source of randomness provided by the wireless channel that the physical layer is communicating over. This is of particular importance in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) where resources are particularly scarce and where issues, such as key revocation and recovery make the design of efficient key management schemes extremely difficult. This paper discusses the issues and challenges encountered in the design and implementation of PL-SKG schemes on off-the-shelf WSNs. It then proposes a novel key generation scheme that takes advantage of both the power and simplicity of classic error correcting codes and also the diversity of frequency channels available on 802.15.4 compliant nodes to generate keys from received signal strength readings. This paper shows that our key generation and refreshment scheme can achieve a near 100% key reconciliation rate whilst also providing perfect forward and backward security.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8293762/Key refreshmentphysical layer securitysecure key generationwireless sensor networks |
| spellingShingle | Kemedi Moara-Nkwe Qi Shi Gyu Myoung Lee Mahmoud Hashem Eiza A Novel Physical Layer Secure Key Generation and Refreshment Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks IEEE Access Key refreshment physical layer security secure key generation wireless sensor networks |
| title | A Novel Physical Layer Secure Key Generation and Refreshment Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks |
| title_full | A Novel Physical Layer Secure Key Generation and Refreshment Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks |
| title_fullStr | A Novel Physical Layer Secure Key Generation and Refreshment Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Novel Physical Layer Secure Key Generation and Refreshment Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks |
| title_short | A Novel Physical Layer Secure Key Generation and Refreshment Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks |
| title_sort | novel physical layer secure key generation and refreshment scheme for wireless sensor networks |
| topic | Key refreshment physical layer security secure key generation wireless sensor networks |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8293762/ |
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