A cross layer framework to mitigate a joint MAC and routing attack in multihop wireless networks.

Soufiene Djahel; Farid Nait-Abdesselam; Ashfaq Khokhar

doi:10.1109/LCN.2009.5355066

A cross layer framework to mitigate a joint MAC and routing attack in multihop wireless networks.

Soufiene Djahel, Farid Nait-Abdesselam, Ashfaq Khokhar

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

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Abstract

It is well known that security threats, in wireless ad hoc networks, are becoming a serious problem which may lead to harmful consequences on network performance. Despite that, many routing protocols still not resilient to such threats or their countermeasures are not efficient. Moreover, the vulnerability of MAC layer protocols to some attacks exacerbates the damage caused by the threats at higher layers. Therefore, cooperation between layers in compulsory to face such devastating threats. In this paper, we address a cross-layer attack targeting proactive routing protocols, which is launched at the routing level and reinforced at the MAC layer in order to amplify the resulted damage. We demonstrate that this attack can severely compromise the routing protocols and lead to large data packets loss. We particularly analyze it under the Optimized Link State Routing (OLSR) protocol in detail and propose a lightweight solution to cope with it. The simulation results confirm the efficiency of this solution.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2009 IEEE 34th Conference on Local Computer Networks
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	730-737
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9781424444885
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LCN.2009.5355066
Publication status	Published - 18 Dec 2009
Externally published	Yes
Event	34th Conference on Local Computer Networks - Zurich, Switzerland Duration: 20 Oct 2009 → 23 Oct 2009 https://dblp.org/db/conf/lcn/lcn2009.html#DjahelNK09

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Publisher	IEEE
ISSN (Print)	0742-1303

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Conference	34th Conference on Local Computer Networks
Abbreviated title	LCN 2009
Country/Territory	Switzerland
City	Zurich
Period	20/10/09 → 23/10/09
Internet address	https://dblp.org/db/conf/lcn/lcn2009.html#DjahelNK09

Keywords

Cross-layer Attack
Virtual-link Attack
False Validation Attack
Ad Hoc Networks
OLSR

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A cross layer framework to mitigate a joint MAC and routing attack in multihop wireless networks. / Djahel, Soufiene; Nait-Abdesselam, Farid; Khokhar, Ashfaq.
2009 IEEE 34th Conference on Local Computer Networks. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2009. p. 730-737.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

Djahel, S, Nait-Abdesselam, F & Khokhar, A 2009, A cross layer framework to mitigate a joint MAC and routing attack in multihop wireless networks. in 2009 IEEE 34th Conference on Local Computer Networks. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 730-737, 34th Conference on Local Computer Networks, Zurich, Switzerland, 20/10/09. https://doi.org/10.1109/LCN.2009.5355066

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A cross layer framework to mitigate a joint MAC and routing attack in multihop wireless networks.

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