TY - GEN
T1 - Public-key authentication for cloud-based WBANs
AU - Hayajneh, Thaier
AU - Vasilakos, Athanasios V.
AU - Almashaqbeh, Ghada
AU - Mohd, Bassam J.
AU - Imran, Muhammad A.
AU - Shakir, Muhammad Z.
AU - Qaraqe, Khalid A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 ICST.
PY - 2014/11/21
Y1 - 2014/11/21
N2 - Merging WBAN systems with cloud computing is an efficient solution to overcome limitations inherent in WBAN, especially in critical human-related applications such as remote health monitoring. In cloud-based WBAN, the nodes are classified into WBAN sensors that report measurements about the human body and WBAN actuators that receive commands from the medical staff and perform actions. Authenticating these commands is a critical security issue as any alteration may lead to serious consequences. This paper presents a light-weight public-key authentication protocol for cloud-based WBAN systems. The proposed protocol is based on the modified Rabin authentication algorithm which is customized in this paper by making some of its components run in parallel. To prove the efficiency of the modified Rabin we implemented the algorithm with different hardware settings using Tmote Sky motes. The Rabin algorithm with and without the parallel settings is also programmed on FPGA to evaluate its design and performance. The results show that secure, direct, instant, and authenticated commands can be delivered from the medical staff located at the cloud side to the WBAN nodes located in/on the human body. Compared to other public-key protocols implemented on the motes, Rabin algorithm achieved extremely faster verification and reasonable signature gen- eration speed. Moreover, the suggested parallel settings of the Rabin signature generation significantly reduced the delays( by almost 80%) which is a critical issue in WBAN applications.
AB - Merging WBAN systems with cloud computing is an efficient solution to overcome limitations inherent in WBAN, especially in critical human-related applications such as remote health monitoring. In cloud-based WBAN, the nodes are classified into WBAN sensors that report measurements about the human body and WBAN actuators that receive commands from the medical staff and perform actions. Authenticating these commands is a critical security issue as any alteration may lead to serious consequences. This paper presents a light-weight public-key authentication protocol for cloud-based WBAN systems. The proposed protocol is based on the modified Rabin authentication algorithm which is customized in this paper by making some of its components run in parallel. To prove the efficiency of the modified Rabin we implemented the algorithm with different hardware settings using Tmote Sky motes. The Rabin algorithm with and without the parallel settings is also programmed on FPGA to evaluate its design and performance. The results show that secure, direct, instant, and authenticated commands can be delivered from the medical staff located at the cloud side to the WBAN nodes located in/on the human body. Compared to other public-key protocols implemented on the motes, Rabin algorithm achieved extremely faster verification and reasonable signature gen- eration speed. Moreover, the suggested parallel settings of the Rabin signature generation significantly reduced the delays( by almost 80%) which is a critical issue in WBAN applications.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84936053181&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4108/icst.bodynets.2014.257172
DO - 10.4108/icst.bodynets.2014.257172
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84936053181
T3 - BODYNETS 2014 - 9th International Conference on Body Area Networks
SP - 286
EP - 292
BT - BODYNETS 2014 - 9th International Conference on Body Area Networks
A2 - Fortino, Giancarlo
A2 - Suzuki, Junichi
A2 - Andreopoulos, Yiannis
A2 - Yuce, Mehmet
A2 - Hao, Yang
A2 - Gravina, Raffaele
PB - ICST
T2 - 9th International Conference on Body Area Networks, BODYNETS 2014
Y2 - 29 September 2014 through 1 October 2014
ER -