A Secure and Efficient Authentication Protocol for Satellite-Terrestrial Networks

Liu, Yang; Ni, Leiqing; Peng, Mugen

doi:10.1109/jiot.2022.3152900

Cited by 18 publications

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“…Kong et al [23] implements an efficient and secure user access and inter-satellite handover mechanism in an LEO constellation-assisted beyond 5G system, where the control-plane and the user-plane session keys can be successfully established with high efficiency. Liu et al [24] proposes an access authentication protocol with user anonymity and traceability to reduce the communication delay and signaling cost of access authentication. A hierarchical group key distribution scheme is also implemented to avoid the re-authentication.…”

Section: A Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Efficient and Privacy-Preserving Blockchain-Based Authentication Scheme for Low Earth Orbit Satellite-Assisted Internet of Things

Wang¹,

Chang²,

et al. 2022

IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst.

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Recently, integrating satellite networks (e.g. Lowearth-orbit satellite constellation) into the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem has emerged as a potential paradigm to provide more reliable, ubiquitous and seamless network services. The LEO satellite networks serves as a key enabler to transform the connectivity across industries and geographical border. Despite the convenience brought from the LEO satellite networks, it arises security concerns, in which the essential one is to secure the communication between the IoT devices and the LEO satellite network. However, some challenges inheriting from the LEO satellite networks need to be considered : 1) the dynamic topology; 2) the resource-constraint satellites; 3) the relative long latency; 4) multiple beams authentication. In particular, the centralized authentication schemes are no longer suitable for the emerging LEO satellite assisted IoT ecosystem. In this paper, we first introduce the architecture of the LEO satellite network assisted IoT ecosystem. Then, we propose an efficient and privacy-preserving blockchain-based authentication scheme. The proposed authentication scheme takes the advantages of certificateless encryption and consortium blockchain to provide lightweight key pair computation without appealing devices' information and efficient signature querying and verification. In addition, a fast authentication mechanism is implemented in the scheme in order to reduce the time complexity from querying a certain record for the authentication within a satellite among multiple beams. With the analysis of the storage and computation complexity, the performance evaluation demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.

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Section: A Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Efficient and Privacy-Preserving Blockchain-Based Authentication Scheme for Low Earth Orbit Satellite-Assisted Internet of Things

Wang¹,

Chang²,

et al. 2022

IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst.

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“…In [106], it is proposed a blockchain based distributed privacy preserving mechanism to handle incentives for the Internet-of-vehicles (IoVs) in the satellite-terrestrial crowdsensing. The work in [107] proposes an efficient and secure handover authentication protocol for satellite-terrestrial network access which includes the satellite-UE communication. Their combined use of elliptic curve cryptographic primitives and blind factors will assure the user traceability and anonymity in a privacy preserved and trusted manner.…”

Section: Privacy: Solutionsmentioning

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Security of Satellite-Terrestrial Communications: Challenges and Potential Solutions

Ahmad¹,

Suomalainen²,

Porambage³

et al. 2022

Preprint

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<p>The integration of satellite and terrestrial networks have become inevitable in the next generations of communications networks due to emerging needs of ubiquitous connectivity of remote locations. New and existing services and critical infrastructures in remote locations in sea, land and space will be seamlessly connected through a diverse set of terrestrial and non-terrestrial communication technologies. However, the integration of terrestrial and non-terrestrial systems will open both systems to unique security challenges that can arise due to the migration of security challenges from one to another. Similarly, security challenges can also arise due to the incompatibility of distinct systems or incoherence of security policies. The resulting security implications, thus, can be highly consequential due to the criticality of the infrastructures such as space stations, autonomous ships, and aeroplanes, for instance. Therefore, in this article we study existing security challenges in satellite-terrestrial communication systems and discuss potential solutions for those challenges. Furthermore, we provide important research directions to stir future research on existing security gaps in this direction.</p>

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“…The space-based network, the backbone of the Satellite Internet, consists of diverse types of satellites, constellations, and the corresponding ground infrastructures. According to the orbital altitudes, satellites are classified into three categories, i.e., Geostationary Equatorial Orbit (GEO) with an altitude above 35,786 km, Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) with an altitude from 2,000 to 25,000 km, and Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites with an altitude from 160 to 2,000 km [51]. In general, satellites with higher altitudes have a greater coverage area on the earth but longer transmission delay.…”

Section: A Architecture Of Satellite Internetmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This method, however, only considers switching from the ground network to the satellite network, while it does not take switching from the satellite network to the ground network into consideration. Recently, Liu et al [51] proposed an efficient and secure handover authentication method for heterogeneous networks using a hierarchical group key distribution scheme. In this method, the combination of ECC and blind factors can achieve user anonymity and traceability, effectively preventing the leakage of users' private data.…”

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A Survey on Authentication in Satellite Internet

Wang¹,

Zhang²,

Zhao³

et al. 2022

J-NaNA

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Satellite Internet is a promising technology that provides global connectivity and has attracted widespread attention from both industry and academia. However, the open nature of wireless communication links renders Satellite Internet vulnerable to signal spoofing and illegal access attacks. Authentication has been recognized as an effective countermeasure to these attacks. Therefore, this paper presents a comprehensive survey of existing authentication schemes in Satellite Internet for the first time. We categorize existing authentication schemes into two main scenarios, i.e., the Satellite-based Communication (SATCOM) system and the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) scenario. We further divide the literature in the SATCOM scenario into five sub-categories and that in the GNSS scenario into two sub-categories. Finally, we discuss the challenges that existing authentication schemes are facing and will face and further present some future research directions.

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A Secure and Efficient Authentication Protocol for Satellite-Terrestrial Networks

Cited by 18 publications

References 39 publications

An Efficient and Privacy-Preserving Blockchain-Based Authentication Scheme for Low Earth Orbit Satellite-Assisted Internet of Things

An Efficient and Privacy-Preserving Blockchain-Based Authentication Scheme for Low Earth Orbit Satellite-Assisted Internet of Things

Security of Satellite-Terrestrial Communications: Challenges and Potential Solutions

A Survey on Authentication in Satellite Internet

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