The quest for security in mobile ad hoc networks

TLDR

Mobile ad hoc network research has mainly focused on routing, while security has received less attention. The paper aims to overview security problems in mobile ad hoc networks and present a solution to protect security mechanisms. The proposed solution is fully decentralized and assigns equivalent roles to all nodes to protect security mechanisms.

Abstract

So far, research on mobile ad hoc networks has been forcused primarily on routing issues. Security, on the other hand, has been given a lower priority. This paper provides an overview of security problems for mobile ad hoc networks, distinguishing the threats on basic mechanisms and on security mechanisms. It then describes our solution to protect the security mechanisms. The original features of this solution include that (i) it is fully decentralized and (ii) all nodes are assigned equivalent roles.