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. In this paper, we present algorithms targeted towards optimizing power consumption and number of jammers needed in several settings. Experimental simulations back up our results.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)45-60
    Number of pages16
    JournalMobile Networks and Applications
    Volume19
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 1 Feb 2014

    Keywords

    • Jammers allocation
    • Optimization
    • Power allocation
    • Privacy protection

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Software
    • Information Systems
    • Hardware and Architecture
    • Computer Networks and Communications

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