Computer Science – Cryptography and Security
Scientific paper
2011-07-18
Computer Science
Cryptography and Security
Submitted to TIFS
Scientific paper
We design and analyze a method to extract secret keys from the randomness inherent to wireless channels. We study a channel model for the IEEE 802.11a orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing channel. We analyze the fundamental limits of key generation for this model and describe an implementation based on error correcting codes. We study key extraction based both on channel state information (CSI) and on received signal strength indicators (RSSI). Due to the reduction in the degree-of-freedom when going from CSI to RSSI, the rate of key extraction based on CSI is far higher than that based on RSSI. This suggests that making CSI information available to higher layers would greatly assist in key generation. We prototype a key generation system based on low-density parity-check codes. We describe the implementation and performance of two systems: one based on binary LDPC codes and the other (useful at higher signal-to-noise ratios) based on four-ary LDPC codes.
Draper Stark C.
Liu Yanpei
Sayeed Akbar M.
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