Physical layer security for wireless implantable medical devices

Z. Esat Ankarali; A. Fatih Demir; Marwa Qaraqe; Qammer H. Abbasi; Erchin Serpedin; Huseyin Arslan; Richard D. Gitlin

doi:10.1109/CAMAD.2015.7390497

Physical layer security for wireless implantable medical devices

Z. Esat Ankarali^*, A. Fatih Demir, Marwa Qaraqe, Qammer H. Abbasi, Erchin Serpedin, Huseyin Arslan, Richard D. Gitlin

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Wireless communications are increasingly important in health-care applications, particularly in those that use implantable medical devices (IMDs). Such systems have many advantages in providing remote healthcare in terms of monitoring, treatment and prediction for critical cases. However, the existence of malicious adversaries, referred to as nodes, which attempt to control implanted devices, constitutes a critical risk for patients. Such adversaries may perform dangerous attacks by sending malicious commands to the IMD, and any weakness in the device authentication mechanism may result in serious problems including death. In this paper we present a physical layer (PHY) authentication technique for IMDs that does not use existing methods of cryptology. In addition to ensuring authentication, the proposed technique also provides advantages in terms of decreasing processing complexity of IMDs and enhances overall communications performance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2015 IEEE 20th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modelling and Design of Communication Links and Networks, CAMAD 2015
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	144-147
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467381864
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CAMAD.2015.7390497
Publication status	Published - 25 Jan 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	20th IEEE International Workshop on Computer Aided Modelling and Design of Communication Links and Networks, CAMAD 2015 - Guildford, United Kingdom Duration: 7 Sept 2015 → 9 Sept 2015

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Name	2015 IEEE 20th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modelling and Design of Communication Links and Networks, CAMAD 2015

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Conference	20th IEEE International Workshop on Computer Aided Modelling and Design of Communication Links and Networks, CAMAD 2015
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Guildford
Period	7/09/15 → 9/09/15

Keywords

Body area networks
Implantable medical devices (IMDs)
In-vivo wireless communications
Security

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Ankarali, Z. E., Demir, A. F., Qaraqe, M., Abbasi, Q. H., Serpedin, E., Arslan, H., & Gitlin, R. D. (2016). Physical layer security for wireless implantable medical devices. In 2015 IEEE 20th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modelling and Design of Communication Links and Networks, CAMAD 2015 (pp. 144-147). Article 7390497 (2015 IEEE 20th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modelling and Design of Communication Links and Networks, CAMAD 2015). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/CAMAD.2015.7390497

Ankarali, Z. Esat ; Demir, A. Fatih ; Qaraqe, Marwa et al. / Physical layer security for wireless implantable medical devices. 2015 IEEE 20th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modelling and Design of Communication Links and Networks, CAMAD 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. pp. 144-147 (2015 IEEE 20th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modelling and Design of Communication Links and Networks, CAMAD 2015).

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Ankarali, ZE, Demir, AF, Qaraqe, M, Abbasi, QH, Serpedin, E, Arslan, H & Gitlin, RD 2016, Physical layer security for wireless implantable medical devices. in 2015 IEEE 20th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modelling and Design of Communication Links and Networks, CAMAD 2015., 7390497, 2015 IEEE 20th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modelling and Design of Communication Links and Networks, CAMAD 2015, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 144-147, 20th IEEE International Workshop on Computer Aided Modelling and Design of Communication Links and Networks, CAMAD 2015, Guildford, United Kingdom, 7/09/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/CAMAD.2015.7390497

Physical layer security for wireless implantable medical devices. / Ankarali, Z. Esat; Demir, A. Fatih; Qaraqe, Marwa et al.
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Ankarali ZE, Demir AF, Qaraqe M, Abbasi QH, Serpedin E, Arslan H et al. Physical layer security for wireless implantable medical devices. In 2015 IEEE 20th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modelling and Design of Communication Links and Networks, CAMAD 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2016. p. 144-147. 7390497. (2015 IEEE 20th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modelling and Design of Communication Links and Networks, CAMAD 2015). doi: 10.1109/CAMAD.2015.7390497

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