A security design for a general purpose, self-organizing, multihop ad hoc wireless network

We present a security design for a general purpose, selforganizing, multihop ad hoc wireless network, based on the IEEE 802.15.4 low-rate wireless personal area network standard. The design employs elliptic-curve cryptography and the AES block cipher to supply message integrity and encryption services, keyestablishment protocols, and a large set of extended security services, while at the same time meeting the low implementation cost, low power, and high flexibility requirements of ad hoc wireless networks. Categories and Subject Descriptors C.2.0 [Computer-Communication Networks]: General – Security and protection (e.g., firewalls); C.2.1 [ComputerCommunication Networks]: Network Architecture and Design – Distributed networks, Network communications, Wireless communication. General Terms Design, Security. Keywords Security, ad hoc networks, wireless, 802.15.4.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: SASN
• Authors: Thomas S. Messerges, Johnas Cukier, Tom A. M. Kevenaar, Larry Puhl, René Struik, Ed Callaway
• Keywords: Ad Hoc Wireless Networks, Multihop Ad Hoc, SASN 2003, Wireless Personal Area Network