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Heterogeneous Certificate Authority for Wireless Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (wmanets)

Iman Almomani Software Technology Research Laboratory (STRL) *
De Montfort University *
* Leicester, LE1 9BH, UK Hussein Zedan Software Technology Research Laboratory (STRL), De Montfort University, Leicester, LE1 9BH, UK (Portugal)
* Leicester, LE1 9BH, UK Hussein Zedan Software Technology Research Laboratory (STRL), De Montfort University, Leicester, LE1 9BH, UK (Portugal)

Abstract

Wireless Mobile Ad hoc NETwork (WMANET) is a group of independent wireless (Mobile/ Semi Mobile) nodes communicating on a peer-to-peer basis with no pre- established infrastructure. The unique characteristics of WMANET make such networks highly vulnerable to security attacks when compared with wired networks or infrastructure-based wire less networks. This paper proposes a novel security algorithm for managing digital certificates when all WMANET nodes are Full y Managed (FM) by other heterogeneous infrastructure-based wireless networks such as WLANs and cellular systems. The new security algorithm, which is called FM-WMANET, examines the integration of heterogeneous wireless networks to enhance the performance of WMANETs from the security perspectives. FM-WMANET presents a novel integrated key mana gement system that is based on the hierarchal trust models used by the Public Key Infrastructures (PKIs) of extant heterogeneous wireless networks. FM-WMANET is still fully distributed and provides a high level of securi ty, availability, flexibility and efficiency key management services for WMANETs. Graph theory a nd network simulator NS-2 are used to represent the security system proposed by FM-WMANET, study its performance and demonstrate its effectiveness.

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Computer Science Information Systems Software Engineering Artificial Intelligence IADIS Data Analytics
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(STRL), et al. (2007). Heterogeneous Certificate Authority for Wireless Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (wmanets). IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.33965/ijcsis_2007_v2i1_02
(STRL), et al. "Heterogeneous Certificate Authority for Wireless Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (wmanets)." IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems, vol. 2, no. 1, 2007. https://doi.org/10.33965/ijcsis_2007_v2i1_02
(STRL), et al. "Heterogeneous Certificate Authority for Wireless Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (wmanets)." IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems 2, no. 1 (2007). https://doi.org/10.33965/ijcsis_2007_v2i1_02