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Security Issues in Cooperative MAC Protocols

Authors:
Ki Hong Kim

Keywords: Cooperative MAC Protocols, Vulnerability, Authentication, Physical Layer Security

Abstract:
A lot of cooperative media access control (MAC) protocols have been proposed to support cooperative communications in wireless networks in the last few years. In this paper, the security vulnerabilities in some cooperative MAC protocols (e.g., COSMIC, VC-MAC, BTAC, and cooperative MAC for IEEE 802.11g) are analyzed. Channel-assisted authentication approach is also discussed to verify entities in cooperative MAC protocols. These analytical results should be significantly useful in the design of efficient authentication solutions for secure, cooperative MAC protocols.

Pages: 122 to 126

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2014

Publication date: April 20, 2014

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4006

ISBN: 978-1-61208-330-8

Location: Chamonix, France

Dates: from April 20, 2014 to April 24, 2014