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Vulnerability of MRD-Code-Based Universal Secure Error-Correcting Network Codes under Time-Varying Jamming Links

Authors:
Jun Kurihara
Tomohiko Uyematsu

Keywords: Network Coding; Secure Network Coding; Network Error-Correction; Jamming

Abstract:
In order to provide reliable and secure communication against eavesdroppers and jammers over networks, Universal Secure Error-Correcting Network Codes (USECNC) based on Maximum-Rank-Distance (MRD) codes have been introduced. This code can be applied to any underlying network codes. However, Shioji et al. introduced a reasonable network model against the code. In their model, an attacker eavesdrops information symbols from some links, where the set of eavesdropping links is re-selected during one packet transmission. The MRD-code-based USECNC cannot guarantee the security against eavesdroppers under this model. Inspired by Shioji et al.'s result, this paper considers the model such that the set of links that jamming (error) symbols are injected into is re-selected for each time slot. We show that the MRD-code-based USECNC cannot guarantee the error-correcting capability under the model of time-varying jamming links, even if the number of jamming links is limited to only one. Furthermore, by introducing a restriction on the field of local coding vectors in the network coding, we propose a simple solution to the problem of time-varying jamming links for MRD-code-based USECNC.

Pages: 35 to 39

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2011

Publication date: April 17, 2011

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4022

ISBN: 978-1-61208-126-7

Location: Budapest, Hungary

Dates: from April 17, 2011 to April 22, 2011