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A Secure Stop and Wait Communication Protocol for Disturbed Networks

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Secure data communication is the need of hour today specifically when the wireless communication channel is insecure. We are proposing a protocol which can be customized in variety of situations. We want to use steganography as a complementary tool for cryptography. The protocol utilizes the nature of communication protocol and it is even useful for places where data hiding and cryptography is illegal or can’t be performed because of various reasons. We are giving a name to these kinds of networks as disturbed networks. The proposed peer to peer protocol is very useful for insecure channels and disturbed networks and we provide complete analysis to validate its utility. The method is a convenient stop and wait protocol which provides unbeatable security and suitable for mobile phones as well. At the same time, for intruder’s perspective, there is no encryption involved which is a very important aspect.

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We thank copyright office, department of industrial policy and promotion under ministry of commerce and industry, government of India, for providing copyright for the paper. The registration Number is L-73429/2018 under the copyright act 1957.

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  1. Department of Electronics and Communication, PSIT, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Varun Shukla

  2. Department of Mathematics, PSIT, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Atul Chaturvedi

  3. Department of Electronics and Communication, REC, Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Neelam Srivastava

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Shukla, V., Chaturvedi, A. & Srivastava, N. A Secure Stop and Wait Communication Protocol for Disturbed Networks. Wireless Pers Commun 110, 861–872 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-019-06760-w

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