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Authenticated Ad Hoc Routing at the Link Layer for Mobile Systems

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We have designed an authenticated link-level ad hoc routing protocol and integrated it with the Portland State University implementation of Mobile-IP. The routing protocol addresses link security issues. In our protocol, mobile nodes, as well as agents, broadcast ICMP router discovery packets. The router discovery packets are authenticated and bind the sender's MAC and IP addresses. Problems caused by tying IP subnet schemes to routing on radio links are eliminated. Security problems associated with ARP spoofing are also reduced. This link-level protocol is integrated with Mobile-IP on links where increased security is needed. The protocol replaces ARP, and may be integrated with higher-level multi-hop ad hoc routing protocols.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA

    Jim Binkley

  2. Trost Computing, Portland, Oregon, USA

    William Trost

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Binkley, J., Trost, W. Authenticated Ad Hoc Routing at the Link Layer for Mobile Systems. Wireless Networks 7, 139–145 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016633521987

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