MASK-BAN: Movement-aided authenticated secret key extraction utilizing channel characteristics in body area networks

IEEE Internet of Things Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 52-62

  Shi, Lu ^a   Yuan, Jiawei ^a   Yu, Shucheng ^a   Li, Ming ^b  

^a University of Arkansas at Little Rock ^*  (United States)

^b Utah State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Authenticated key generation; physical layer; received signal strength (RSS); sensor; wireless body area network (WBAN).

Indexed keywords

CHIP SCALE PACKAGES; CRYPTOGRAPHY; EXTRACTION; HARDWARE; NETWORK LAYERS; NETWORK SECURITY; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); RSS; SENSORS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

CHANNEL CHARACTERISTICS; COMMERCIAL OFF THE SHELVES; DEVICE AUTHENTICATIONS; KEY GENERATION; PHYSICAL LAYERS; RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH; SECRET KEY GENERATIONS; WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORK;

AUTHENTICATION;

EID: 84923221226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23274662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2015.2391113     Document Type: Article

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