Optimization schemes for protective jamming

Swaminathan Sankararaman, Karim Abu-Affash, Alon Efrat, Sylvester David Eriksson-Bique, Valentin Polishchuk, Srinivasan Ramasubramanian, Michael Segal

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    Abstract

    In this paper, we study strategies for allocating and managing friendly jammers, so as to create virtual barriers that would prevent hostile eavesdroppers from tapping sensitive wireless communication. Our scheme precludes the use of any encryption technique. Applications include domains such as (i) protecting the privacy of storage locations where RFID tags are used for item identification, (ii) secure reading of RFID tags embedded in credit cards, (iii) protecting data transmitted through wireless networks, sensor networks, etc. By carefully managing jammers to produce noise, we show how to reduce the SINR of eavesdroppers to below a threshold for successful reception, without jeopardizing network performance. We present algorithms targeted towards optimizing power allocation and number of jammers needed in several settings. Experimental simulations back up our results.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationMobiHoc'12 - Proceedings of the 13th ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing
    Pages65-74
    Number of pages10
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 11 Jul 2012
    Event13th ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing, MobiHoc'12 - Hilton Head, SC, United States
    Duration: 11 Jun 201214 Jun 2012

    Publication series

    NameProceedings of the International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc)

    Conference

    Conference13th ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing, MobiHoc'12
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityHilton Head, SC
    Period11/06/1214/06/12

    Keywords

    • friendly jamming
    • rfid
    • security
    • wireless

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Software
    • Hardware and Architecture
    • Computer Networks and Communications

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