A Secure and Efficient Authentication Mechanism Applied to Cognitive Radio Networks
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Bibliographic record
Abstract
Cognitive radio (CR) has been introduced to accommodate the steady increment in the spectrum demand. Wireless security in CR network (CRN) is a challenging technical area due to the dynamic and unique characteristics of CRNs. As a cognitive node can dynamically join or leave the spectrum, providing secure communication becomes problematic and requires more investigation. Authentication is a primary security property in wireless networks, wherein the identity of a cognitive node is verified before providing access to available resources. In this paper, a two-level authentication scheme for communication in a CRN is proposed. Before joining the network, a CR node is validated by obtaining security credentials from an authorized point. The proposed scheme relies on publicand symmetric-key cryptography, instead of using a digital signature-based approach. It encrypts data between the communicating nodes in order to improve network security in terms of resource availability and accessibility. This mitigates attacks such as reflection attack, denial of service attack, and man-in-the-middle attack. The scheme has been evaluated and verified in terms of security functionality, its correctness, and the performance, which shows less computation and communication requirements.
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