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Performance analysis of authentication and key distribution scheme for mobile multi-hop relay in IEEE 802.16j

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Mobile multi-hop relay (MMR) network is known to be easy to install and convenient to manage because of its self-organizing and self-healing characteristics. However, MMR is vulnerable to security problems because of the same reason. In this paper, we propose a new hybrid authentication and key distribution algorithm for IEEE 802.16j MMR service. The proposed scheme uses centralized authentication when a mobile station or a relay station initially joins the MMR network and uses distributed authentication for hop-by-hop authentication between mobile nodes. We examine the procedure of the proposed scheme and its usefulness when applied to MMR networks. We also analyze the performance of the hybrid scheme. The proposed scheme can be used in any mobile multi-hop network as well as IEEE 802.16j MMR network.

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Acknowledgments

This research was supported by Kangwon National University and the LG Yonam Foundation, Korea, and also was supported by the MKE(The Ministry of Knowledge Economy), Korea, under the ITRC(Information Technology Research Center) support program supervised by the NIPA(National IT Industry Promotion Agency) (NIPA-2010-(C1090-1011-0013)).

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  1. Department of Electronic Communications Engineering, ChungJu National University, ChungJu, Korea

    Yong Lee

  2. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea

    Goo Yeon Lee, Hwa Jong Kim & Choong Kyo Jeong

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Lee, Y., Lee, G.Y., Kim, H.J. et al. Performance analysis of authentication and key distribution scheme for mobile multi-hop relay in IEEE 802.16j. Pers Ubiquit Comput 16, 697–706 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-011-0427-8

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