Title
LEAS: Localized efficient authentication scheme for multi-operator wireless mesh network with identity-based proxy signature.
Abstract
Aiming at establishing secure access and communications for a multi-operator wireless mesh network (WMN), this paper proposes a localized efficient authentication scheme (LEAS) under a broker-based hierarchical security architecture and trust model. Mutual authentication is achieved directly between mesh client and access mesh router through a ticket which is equipped with an identity-based proxy signature. Fast authentication for different roaming scenarios is supported by using HMAC operations on both the mesh client side and mesh router side. As a byproduct, key agreement among network entities is also implemented to protect the subsequent communications after authentication. Our performance and security analysis demonstrate that LEAS is efficient and resilient to various kinds of attacks.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1016/j.mcm.2012.11.030
Mathematical and Computer Modelling
Keywords
Field
DocType
Wireless mesh network,Multi-operator,Mutual authentication,Identity-based proxy signature,Ticket
Hash-based message authentication code,Mutual authentication,Switched mesh,Authentication,Computer network,Order One Network Protocol,Router,Wireless mesh network,Roaming,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
58
5
0895-7177
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
23
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Tianhan Gao11817.71
Nan Guo210.71
Kangbin Yim331056.23