A new collision-free pseudonym scheme in mobile ad hoc networks

Ji Won Yoon, Hyoungshick Kim

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Abstract

A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is a decentralized network of mobile nodes. Due to the broadcast nature of radio transmissions, communication in MANETs is more susceptible to malicious traffic analysis. An interesting problem is how to thwart malicious traffic analysis. Most anonymous communication protocols are based on the pseudonyms of mobile nodes. However, conventional pseudonym schemes have some limitations such as collisions of pseudonyms and high computational complexity due to the use of cryptographic hash functions. Collisions of identities are not desirable since they are the main causes for reduced effective bandwidth, increased energy consumption and non-deterministic data delivery. In this paper, we propose a new collision-free pseudonym scheme to enable anonymous communication. In our approach, each node generates pseudonyms by using a permutation matrix without collisions. The challenging issue is how to store the overall permutation matrix. It is practically hard to assume that mobile nodes maintain the permutation matrix due to the limitation of resources. Therefore we design the online computation of each node's own pseudonym without loading the overall matrix.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFinal Proceedings of the 2009 7th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks, WiOpt 2009
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event2009 7th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks, WiOpt 2009 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 2009 Jun 232009 Jun 27

Publication series

NameFinal Proceedings of the 2009 7th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks, WiOpt 2009

Other

Other2009 7th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks, WiOpt 2009
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CitySeoul
Period09/6/2309/6/27

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computer Science Applications

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