MAC Sub-Layer Node Authentication in OCARI

Mohamed Tahar Hammi (1) , Erwan Livolant (2) , Patrick Bellot (1) , Ahmed Serhouchni (1) , Pascale Minet (2)

1 Télécom ParisTech
2 EVA - Wireless Networking for Evolving & Adaptive Applications

Wireless Sensor Networks and Industrial Internet of Things use smart, autonomous and usually limited capacity devices in order to sense and monitor industrial environments. The devices in a wireless sensor network are managed by a controller, which should authenticate them before they join the network. OCARI is a wireless sensor network technology providing optimized protocols in order to reduce the energy consumption. To enhance OCARI security and ensure a robust authentication of devices, we propose a strong authentication method based on the One Time Password algorithm and deployed at the MAC sub-layer. This method is specially designed to be implemented on devices with low storage and computing capacities.

Domaines: Réseaux et télécommunications [cs.NI]

Mohamed Tahar Hammi, Erwan Livolant, Patrick Bellot, Ahmed Serhouchni, Pascale Minet. MAC Sub-Layer Node Authentication in OCARI. PEMWN 2016 - 5th IFIP International Conference on Performance Evaluation and Modeling in Wired and Wireless Networks, Nov 2016, Paris, France. ⟨hal-01417671⟩