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Security Challenges During Handoff Authentication Operation for Wireless Mesh Network

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Advances in Signal Processing, Embedded Systems and IoT

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In wireless mesh network, a client moves in any direction outside the coverage area of its home access point and results in a handoff operation so that the next foreign access point can handle the communication as the client enter its coverage area. During handoff operation, it is important that the handoff authentication process should be performed securely between the clients and the access points. All the information exchanged during the handoff authentication process must be carried out securely without compromising the security so that a seamless communication is experienced by the client. However, due to the absence of trusted centralized authority in WMN, achieving a secure handoff authentication process is a challenging task. Enormous protocols have been proposed in the past to overcome the security challenges during the handover operation but with certain limitations. In this paper, we analyzed some of the existing protocols related to handoff authentication process and discuss the limitations present in the existing protocols.

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  1. Department of Computer Engineering, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram, India

    Vanlalhruaia & Ajoy Kumar Khan

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  1. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Raghu Institute of Technology, Visakhapatnam, India

    V.V.S.S.S. Chakravarthy

  2. Department of Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Vikrant Bhateja

  3. Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico

    Wendy Flores Fuentes

  4. Department of Electronics and Telecommunication, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain

    Jaume Anguera

  5. Shri Vishnu Engineering College for Women (A), Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India

    K. Padma Vasavi

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Vanlalhruaia, Khan, A.K. (2023). Security Challenges During Handoff Authentication Operation for Wireless Mesh Network. In: Chakravarthy, V., Bhateja, V., Flores Fuentes, W., Anguera, J., Vasavi, K.P. (eds) Advances in Signal Processing, Embedded Systems and IoT . Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 992. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8865-3_36

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