Computer Science – Cryptography and Security
Scientific paper
2012-02-10
International Journal of Network Security & its Applications (IJNSA) 4(1) (2012) 97-116
Computer Science
Cryptography and Security
20 pages, 10 figures, 3 tables, International Journal of Network Security & its Applications (IJNSA)
Scientific paper
Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) have gained a lot of research attention in recent years since they offer tremendous benefits for remote health monitoring and continuous, real-time patient care. However, as with any wireless communication, data security in WBANs is a challenging design issue. Since such networks consist of small sensors placed on the human body, they impose resource and computational restrictions, thereby making the use of sophisticated and advanced encryption algorithms infeasible. This calls for the design of algorithms with a robust key generation / management scheme, which are reasonably resource optimal. This paper presents a security suite for WBANs, comprised of IAMKeys, an independent and adaptive key management scheme for improving the security of WBANs, and KEMESIS, a key management scheme for security in inter-sensor communication. The novelty of these schemes lies in the use of a randomly generated key for encrypting each data frame that is generated independently at both the sender and the receiver, eliminating the need for any key exchange. The simplicity of the encryption scheme, combined with the adaptability in key management makes the schemes simple, yet secure. The proposed algorithms are validated by performance analysis.
Dey Saurabh
Sampalli Srinivas
Sampangi Raghav V.
Urs Shalini R.
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