Security and quality of service (QoS) co-design in cooperative mobile ad-hoc networks

Yu, F. R., Tang, H., Bu, S. and Zheng, Z. (2013) Security and quality of service (QoS) co-design in cooperative mobile ad-hoc networks. EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 2013, 188. (doi: 10.1186/1687-1499-2013-188)

Abstract

Cooperative communication has been considered as a promising technique to improve communication quality of service (QoS) in wireless networks, including mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). Due to their unorganized and decentralized infrastructure, cooperative MANETs (CO-MANETs) are vulnerable to attacks initiated on relays. Although encryption and authentication protocols may prevent compromised data transmission when a selected relay is attacked, their cost is high. In this paper, we propose a game-theoretic approach to quantitatively analyze the attack strategies of the attacker so as to make a rational decision on relay selection and the authentication parameter adaptation to reach a trade-off between security and QoS in CO-MANETs. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed approach for security and QoS co-design in CO-MANETs.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Bu, Dr Shengrong
• Authors: Yu, F. R., Tang, H., Bu, S., and Zheng, Z.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Systems Power and Energy
• Journal Name: EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• ISSN: 1687-1499
• ISSN (Online): 1687-1499
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2013 Yu et al.
• First Published: First published in EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking 2013:188
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License