TY - GEN
T1 - DRAKE: Distributed Relay-Assisted Key Establishment.
AU - Sciancalepore, Savio
AU - Pietro, Roberto Di
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PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
N2 - In this paper we propose DRAKE, a distributed relay-Assisted key establishment protocol working at the physical layer of a wireless network. DRAKE leverages the superposition of the signals emitted by dedicated relays to provide a symmetric key to a remote constrained device, by requiring zero transmissions from this device. Requiring zero transmissions from the remote device, DRAKE emerges as a unidirectional and radio stealthy solution, suitable for a number of applications and scenarios, such as tactical communications, stealthiness, and for devices with a limited transmission range, to name a few. Thanks to the combination of a repetition encoder and further error correction at the relays, DRAKE is able to establish a key with a very low error probability. We discuss the security of the DRAKE protocol against a passive eavesdropper, under different realistic assumptions. Finally, we provide the results of a preliminary performance assessment of the protocol, showing outstanding performance both in terms of resilience to random noise and security against adversaries equipped with multiple omnidirectional antennas.
AB - In this paper we propose DRAKE, a distributed relay-Assisted key establishment protocol working at the physical layer of a wireless network. DRAKE leverages the superposition of the signals emitted by dedicated relays to provide a symmetric key to a remote constrained device, by requiring zero transmissions from this device. Requiring zero transmissions from the remote device, DRAKE emerges as a unidirectional and radio stealthy solution, suitable for a number of applications and scenarios, such as tactical communications, stealthiness, and for devices with a limited transmission range, to name a few. Thanks to the combination of a repetition encoder and further error correction at the relays, DRAKE is able to establish a key with a very low error probability. We discuss the security of the DRAKE protocol against a passive eavesdropper, under different realistic assumptions. Finally, we provide the results of a preliminary performance assessment of the protocol, showing outstanding performance both in terms of resilience to random noise and security against adversaries equipped with multiple omnidirectional antennas.
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U2 - 10.1109/CNS.2019.8802764
DO - 10.1109/CNS.2019.8802764
M3 - Conference contribution
SP - 100
EP - 108
BT - 2019 IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security, CNS 2019
PB - ACM/IEEE
ER -