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ID-Based Signcryption Authentication Algorithm for Intra- and Inter-domain Handoff in Wireless Mesh Networks

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Abstract

In wireless mesh networks, during handoff process, the mobile client needs to authenticate with other nodes. It is necessary to ensure secure communication between the mobile client and mesh nodes. However, using the conventional public key infrastructure requires a large overhead of storage requirement, since it has to deal with the management of the public key certifications. In the present paper, an ID-based signcryption authentication algorithm for intra- and inter-domain handoff has been proposed. In this solution, a proxy-based hierarchical network has been considered. To reduce the handoff latency, a caching-list-based pre-fetching technique has been applied. During inter-domain handoff, authentication messages are encrypted using ID signcryption and signed by the mesh clients. Thus, the proposed algorithm ensures high security along with fast handoff. It has been observed from simulation results that the proposed algorithm reduces the percentage of compromised nodes, authentication delay, and communication cost with increased packet delivery ratio.

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Abbreviations

TR:

Root trust

GW:

Gateway

DM:

Domain manager

MC1 :

Mobile client

D 1 :

Current domain of MC1

CLi :

Caching list of MNi

MNi :

Mesh nodes, i = 1, 2, …, n

RSSI:

Received signal strength indicator

AReq:

Authentication request message

AResp:

Authentication response message

NGReq:

Neighbor request message

NGResp:

Neighbor response message

D1, D2 :

Network domains

ID:

Identification

X 1 :

Signcrypt parameter related to domain 1

X 2 :

Signcrypt parameter related to domain 2

Z 1 :

Random number

Z 2 :

Random number

P D1 :

Arbitrary generator of additive group in domain 1

P D2 :

Arbitrary generator of additive group in domain 2

G D11 :

Additive group of prime order in domain 1

G D22 :

Additive group of prime order in domain 2

Z qD1 :

Cryptography hash function result. HD13:{0,1}* × GD11 → ZqD1

Z qD2 :

Cryptography hash function result. HD23:{0,1}* × GD22 → ZqD2

AReq:

Authentication request message

AResp:

Authentication response message

Q MC1 :

Hash function value of the mesh node’s ID

C encrypt :

Ciphertext

H D22 :

Cryptography hash function of domain 2

H D13 :

Cryptography hash function of domain 1

E D1 :

Pairing of additive group in D1. GD11 × GD11 → GD12

E D2 :

Pairing of additive group in D2. GD21 × GD21 → GD22

Q MN2 :

Hash function value of the mesh node’s ID

PuD1 :

Public key of domain 1

PuD2 :

Public key of domain 2

C sign :

Signed text value

S MC1 :

Private key of mobile client

S MN2 :

Private key of mesh node

AReqsigncrypt :

Signcrypted authorization request message

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IKG Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, PB, India

    Parveen Kumar Sharma

  2. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, GCET Gurdaspur, IKG Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, PB, India

    Rajiv Mahajan

  3. Department of Computer Application, GTB College Bhawanigarh, Sangrur, PB, India

    Surender

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Sharma, P.K., Mahajan, R. & Surender ID-Based Signcryption Authentication Algorithm for Intra- and Inter-domain Handoff in Wireless Mesh Networks. Iran J Sci Technol Trans Electr Eng 44, 659–667 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40998-019-00258-8

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