An efficient proactive key distribution scheme for fast handoff in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks

Junbeom Hur, Chanil Park, Youngjoo Shin, Hyunsoo Yoon

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Abstract

Supporting user mobility is one of the most challenging issues in wireless networks. Recently, as the desires for the user mobility and high-quality multimedia services increase, fast handoff among base stations comes to a center of quality of connections. Therefore, minimizing re-authentication latency during handoff is crucial for supporting various promising real-time applications such as Voice over IP (VoIP) on public wireless networks. In this study, we propose an enhanced proactive key distribution scheme for fast and secure handoff based on IEEE 802.11i authentication mechanism. The proposed scheme reduces the handoff delay by reducing 4-way handshake to 2-way handshake between an access point and a mobile station during the re-authentication phase. Furthermore, the proposed scheme gives little burden over the proactive key pre-distribution scheme while satisfying 802.11i security requirements.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInformation Networking
Subtitle of host publicationTowards Ubiquitous Networking and Services - International Conference, ICOIN 2007, Revised Selected Papers
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages629-638
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)354089523X, 9783540895237
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes
Event21st International Conference on Information Networking, ICOIN 2007 - Estoril, Portugal
Duration: 2007 Jan 232007 Jan 25

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume5200 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Other

Other21st International Conference on Information Networking, ICOIN 2007
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityEstoril
Period07/1/2307/1/25

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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