Title
Collaborative Traffic-Aware Intrusion Monitoring in Multi-channel Mesh Networks
Abstract
Intrusion monitoring is an indispensable security measure for multi-channel wireless mesh networks. This paper studies how to use mesh routers to monitor a network while supporting regular traffic. This paper shows that the traffic aware monitoring (TRAM) problem is an NP-hard problem, which is challenging in coordinating monitoring and traffic forwarding to provide maximal monitoring coverage. This paper proposes three heuristic strategies for seeking optimal monitoring channels and develops a TRAM protocol for accommodating monitoring and transmission simultaneously in mesh networks. The evaluation shows that the proposed TRAM scheme can effectively utilize mesh routers' idle time for monitoring with only minor impact to regular traffic.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/TrustCom.2012.108
TrustCom
Keywords
Field
DocType
maximal monitoring coverage,multi-channel mesh networks,traffic forwarding,protocols,multi-channel wireless mesh network,optimal monitoring channel,collaborative traffic-aware intrusion monitoring,mesh routers,np-hard problem,network monitor,mesh network,tram protocol,wireless mesh networks,multichannel wireless mesh networks,traffic-aware monitoring problem,computational complexity,monitoring accommodation,security measurement,wireless channels,intrusion monitoring,mesh routers idle time,traffic aware monitoring,coordinating monitoring,regular traffic,telecommunication security,telecommunication traffic,telecommunication network routing,optimal monitoring channels,mesh networks,synchronization,routing protocols,logic gates,np hard problem,resource management
Mesh networking,Heuristic,Synchronization,Computer security,Computer science,Computer network,Order One Network Protocol,Communication channel,Wireless mesh network,Network monitoring,Routing protocol
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4673-2172-3
4
0.40
References 
Authors
21
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Qijun Gu114317.41
Wanyu Zang219321.20
Meng Yu352466.52
Peng Liu41701171.49