Improving the Security of Wireless Communications on High-Speed Trains by Efficient Authentication in SCN-R

Recently, the authors have witnessed the remarkable development in high-speed railways around the world. To provide a robust and fast wireless network for the onboard passengers, the authors have earlier proposed smart collaborative networking for railways (SCN-R). In the realization of SCN-R, its security is challenged by potential exploitation of authentication vulnerabilities since traditional authentication mechanisms are unsuitable for scenarios with fast moving objects due to their complex and relatively timely operations. In this paper, the authors address this issue by proposing a new efficient authentication mechanism, which is based on a new design of chaotic random number generator (RNG). Comparing with the recent proposal relying on the precise boundaries of chaotic map state spaces, our RNG uses two logistic maps to avoid the time-consuming boundary location process. The proposed authentication mechanism uses the RNG to generate and validate the one-time password (OTP). To support different authentication applications, different lengths of OTPs can be used to differentiate and identify the applications. The authors have implemented our proposed authentication mechanism under real-world conditions, with results showing the feasibility and effectiveness of our authentication mechanism.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2019.2920988
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Copyright © 2019, IEEE.
• Authors:
  • Xu, Tong
  • Gao, Deyun
  • Dong, Ping
  • Foh, Chuan Heng
  • Zhang, Hongke
  • Leung, Victor C M
• Publication Date: 2019-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 7283-7295
• Serial:
  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • Volume: 68
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • ISSN: 0018-9545
  • Serial URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=25

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer network protocols; Computer security; High speed rail; Mobile communication systems; Telecommunications; Wireless communication systems
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01718185
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 26 2019 10:45AM