| Title | Fast Cross Layer Authentication Scheme for Dynamic Wireless Network |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2020 |
| Authors | Zhang, Z., Li, N., Xia, S., Tao, X. |
| Conference Name | 2020 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) |
| Date Published | may |
| Keywords | authentication delay, composability, computational complexity, cross layer authentication, cryptographic protocols, dynamic communication scenarios, dynamic networks, dynamic wireless communication, dynamic wireless network, fast cross layer authentication scheme, hypothesis test models, lightweight cross-layer authentication scheme, message authentication, Metrics, mobile radio, network environments, performance stability, physical layer authentication, physical layer authentication mechanisms, PLA models, pubcrawl, radio networks, resilience, Resiliency, spoofing detection, static communications, telecommunication security, upper layer assisted method, upper layer authentication, wireless channels |
| Abstract | Current physical layer authentication (PLA) mechanisms are mostly designed for static communications, and the accuracy degrades significantly when used in dynamic scenarios, where the network environments and wireless channels change frequently. To improve the authentication performance, it is necessary to update the hypothesis test models and parameters in time, which however brings high computational complexity and authentication delay. In this paper, we propose a lightweight cross-layer authentication scheme for dynamic communication scenarios. We use multiple characteristics based PLA to guarantee the reliability and accuracy of authentication, and propose an upper layer assisted method to ensure the performance stability. Specifically, upper layer authentication (ULA) helps to update the PLA models and parameters. By properly choosing the period of triggering ULA, a balance between complexity and performance can be easily obtained. Simulation results show that our scheme can achieve pretty good authentication performance with reduced complexity. |
| DOI | 10.1109/WCNC45663.2020.9120541 |
| Citation Key | zhang_fast_2020 |
Fast Cross Layer Authentication Scheme for Dynamic Wireless Network