An Efficient Authentication Protocol for Wireless Mesh Networks

Authors

  • Peng Zhai Faculty of Information Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China, Department of Computer Science, Jining University, Jining, Shandong, China
  • Jingsha He Faculty of Information Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China, College of Computer and Information Science, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei, China
  • Nafei Zhu Faculty of Information Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
  • Peng He College of Computer and Information Science, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei, China
  • Yao Liang Department of Computer and Information Science, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA

Keywords:

Wireless mesh network, Trusted Authentication, network security, Key cryptography

Abstract

In a wireless mesh network (WMN), how to guarantee safe access to sensitive information has been an issue under research partly because of various hidden attacks and attack vectors. As a network with no need to depend on a fixed infrastructure, WMN is operated over an open and wireless medium. Every user accessing to radio wave may access to the network. Hence, as the first line of defense, authentication for network access can stop illegal users from visiting the network. As an essential mechanism, an authentication program ensures safe access. A reliable handoff protocol on basis of some technologies is put forward in this paper, examples include classical hierarchical network model, Elliptic Curve Cryptography, Strategy evaluation and trust evaluation. The authentication protocol is on basis of Trusted Platform Module (TPM) where the validity of users and terminal devices are verified. Therefore, only reliable terminals applied by legal users can access to a WMN. According to numerical analysis and simulation outcomes, the switchoff authentication protocol proposed greatly overcomes other authentication protocols with regard to the ratio of authentication success and authentication delay.

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Author Biographies

Peng Zhai, Faculty of Information Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China, Department of Computer Science, Jining University, Jining, Shandong, China

Peng Zhai was born in China in 1978. He is currently a doctoral candidate in the Faculty of Information Technology at Beijing University of Technology and an associate professor with Jining University, china. He received his M.S. degrees in Shandong University of Science and Technology, China in 2005. His research interests include network security and blockchain.

Jingsha He, Faculty of Information Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China, College of Computer and Information Science, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei, China

Jingsha He is currently a Professor in the Faculty of Information Technology at Beijing University of Technology (BJUT), Beijing, China. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Maryland at College Park in 1990. Prior to joining BJUT in 2003, he worked for IBM, MCI Communications and Fujitsu Laboratories engaging in R&D of advanced networking technologies and computer security. Prof. He’s research interests include methods and techniques that can improve the security and performance of the Internet. He has published nearly 260 papers in the above areas.

Nafei Zhu, Faculty of Information Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China

Nafei Zhu received her B.S. and M.S. degrees from Central South University, China in 2003 and 2006, respectively, and her Ph.D. degree in computer science and technology from Beijing University of Technology in Beijing, China in 2012. From 2015 to 2017, she was a Postdoc and an Assistant Researcher in the Trusted Computing and Information Assurance Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Computer Science, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. She is now on the Faculty of Information Technology in Beijing University of Technology. Dr. Zhu has published over 20 research papers in scholarly journals and international conferences (16 of which have been indexed by SCI/EI/ISTP). Her research interests include information security and privacy, wireless communications and network measurement.

Peng He, College of Computer and Information Science, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei, China

Peng He was born in China in 1965. He received his B.Sc. degree in computer application from Hefei University Of Technology, China in 1986, and his M.Sc. degree in measurement and control from Chinese Academy of Sciences, China in 1989. Currently, he is a professor with China Three Gorges University. His research interests include deep learning and network security.

Yao Liang, Department of Computer and Information Science, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA

Yao Liang is currently a Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science, Purdue University School of Science, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI), USA. His research interests include wireless sensor networks, Internet of Things, cyberinfrastructure, multimedia networking, adaptive network control and management, machine learning, neural networks, data management and integration, data engineering, and distributed systems. His research projects have been funded by NSF.

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Published

2020-11-01

How to Cite

Zhai, P. ., He, J. ., Zhu, N., He, P. ., & Liang, Y. . (2020). An Efficient Authentication Protocol for Wireless Mesh Networks. Journal of Web Engineering, 19(7-8), 1193–1212. Retrieved from https://journals.riverpublishers.com/index.php/JWE/article/view/5391

Issue

2020: Vol 19 Iss 7-8

Section

Advanced Practice in Web Engineering