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A secure MAC protocol for Cognitive Radio Networks (SMCRN)

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Abstract

In addition to standard authentication and data confidentiality requirements, Cognitive Radio Networks (CRNs) face distinct security issues such as primary user emulation and spectrum management attacks. A compromise of these will result in a denial of service, eavesdropping, forgery, or replay attack. These attacks must be considered while designing a secure media access control (MAC) protocol for CR networks. This paper presents a novel secure CR MAC protocol: the presented protocol is analysed for these security measures using formal logic methods such as Burrows-Abadi-Needham (BAN) logic. It is shown that the proposed protocol functions effectively to provide strong authentication and detection against malicious users leading to subsequent secure communication.

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Output type

Research Output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Conference contribution Peer-review

Original language

English

Publication milestones

  • Published - 14/11/2013

Publication status

Published - 14/11/2013

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., United States

ISBN (Electronic)

9780989319300

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/336091

Host publication title

2013 Science and Information Conference

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