An Improved Protocol for the Password Authenticated Association of IEEE 802.15.6 Standard That Alleviates Computational Burden on the Node

Zhang, Jie ORCID: 0000-0003-1258-9679, Huang, Xin, Craig, Paul, Marshall, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-8058-5242 and Liu, Dawei (2016) An Improved Protocol for the Password Authenticated Association of IEEE 802.15.6 Standard That Alleviates Computational Burden on the Node. SYMMETRY-BASEL, 8 (11). p. 131.

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Abstract

The IEEE Std 802.15.6 is an international standard for wireless body area networks (WBANs). It contains many aspects of communications, and also provides security services, since some communications in WBANs can carry sensitive information. In this standard, the password authenticated association is a protocol for two participants to identify each other and establish a new master key based on a pre-shared short password. However, recent research shows that this protocol is vulnerable to several attacks. In this paper, we propose an improved protocol which can resist all of these attacks. Moreover, the improved protocol alleviates computational burden on one side of the two participants, the node, which is usually less powerful compared with the other side, the hub.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	body area networks, password authenticated association, security, key establishment, IEEE 802.15.6
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	13 Sep 2017 06:26
Last Modified:	30 Aug 2023 09:55
DOI:	10.3390/sym8110131
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3009444