TY - GEN
T1 - On success probability of eavesdropping attack in 802.11ad mmWave WLAN
AU - Balakrishnan, Sarankumar
AU - Wang, Pu
AU - Bhuyan, Arup
AU - Sun, Zhi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/7/27
Y1 - 2018/7/27
N2 - Next generation wireless communication networks utilizing 60 GHz millimeter wave (mmWave) frequency bands are expected to achieve multi- gigabit throughput with the use of highly directional phased-array antennas. These directional signal beams provide enhanced security to the legitimate networks due to the increased difficulties of eavesdropping. However, there still exists significant possibility of eavesdropping since (i) the reflections of the signal beam from ambient reflectors enables opportunistic stationary eavesdropping attacks; and (ii) carefully designed beam exploration strategy enables active nomadic eavesdropping attack. This paper discusses eavesdropper attack strategies for 802.11ad mmWave systems and provides the first analytical model to characterize the success possibility of eavesdropping in both opportunistic stationary attacks and active nomadic attacks.
AB - Next generation wireless communication networks utilizing 60 GHz millimeter wave (mmWave) frequency bands are expected to achieve multi- gigabit throughput with the use of highly directional phased-array antennas. These directional signal beams provide enhanced security to the legitimate networks due to the increased difficulties of eavesdropping. However, there still exists significant possibility of eavesdropping since (i) the reflections of the signal beam from ambient reflectors enables opportunistic stationary eavesdropping attacks; and (ii) carefully designed beam exploration strategy enables active nomadic eavesdropping attack. This paper discusses eavesdropper attack strategies for 802.11ad mmWave systems and provides the first analytical model to characterize the success possibility of eavesdropping in both opportunistic stationary attacks and active nomadic attacks.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85051439507
U2 - 10.1109/ICC.2018.8422192
DO - 10.1109/ICC.2018.8422192
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85051439507
SN - 9781538631805
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Communications
BT - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2018 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2018
Y2 - 20 May 2018 through 24 May 2018
ER -