Channel-Based Trust Model for Security in Underwater Acoustic Networks

Signori, Alberto; Campagnaro, Filippo; Nissen, Ivor; Zorzi, Michele

doi:10.1109/jiot.2022.3176374

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“…Several types of internal attacks in UASNs, such as wormhole, sinkhole, and selective forwarding, were individually addressed in [59], [60], [61], and [62], respectively. Recently, reputation-based trust models were proposed as effective tools for simultaneously dealing with a wide range of internal attacks in UASNs [6], [63]- [65]. A trust mechanism can be applied when correct node behavior and misbehavior are defined precisely and can be detected.…”

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“…Standard countermeasures against replay attacks, like packet time-stamping, fall short in UASNs due to constraints on packet header size and the need to limit communication overhead in low data-rate conditions. Moreover, timestamp-based strategies risk the unintended loss of legitimate packets due to the significant Packet Delivery Delays (PDD), which can extend up to several minutes [6]. Adding to this complexity is GPS unavailability for network synchronization, making the use of timestamps both challenging and costly.…”

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BEKMP: A Blockchain-Enabled Key Management Protocol for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks

Tomović,

Krivokapić,

Nađ

et al. 2024

IEEE Access

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This paper introduces a new blockchain-assisted key management protocol specifically designed for clustered Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks (UASNs). The protocol focuses on simplifying cross-cluster reauthentication for mobile underwater devices and reducing the risks of internal attacks caused by compromised nodes. To address the resource limitations of UASN devices, the protocol utilizes Elliptic Curve Qu Vanstone (ECQV) certificates, which considerably reduces Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) overhead. Moreover, it integrates the Hashed One-pass Menezes-QuVanstone (HOMQV) protocol with blockchain technology to enhance key exchange security against active attacks. The blockchain is hosted on resource-intensive surface nodes that serve as cluster heads and decentralized authorities for certificate management. Smart contracts embedded within the blockchain facilitate certificate-related operations and node trust scoring mechanism. We compared the proposed solution against a state-of-theart benchmark and demonstrated that it imposes lower computational and communication overheads while exhibiting robustness against various attacks, as confirmed by the AVISPA tool. The solution is implemented on actual underwater/surface devices and validated experimentally. By leveraging the immutable, traceable, and fault-tolerant properties of blockchain, it establishes a secure, scalable, and efficient communication framework for mission-critical UASN applications.INDEX TERMS Authentication, blockchain, underwater sensor network.

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BEKMP: A Blockchain-Enabled Key Management Protocol for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks

Tomović,

Krivokapić,

Nađ

et al. 2024

IEEE Access

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“…Nevertheless, the article presents examples of impulse responses from measurements in static conditions, encouraging, at the same time, to conduct the research in motion. The article [17] shows the impact of daily changes on the quality of transmission. Given the disruptive nature of the acoustic channel, where an acoustic link between two nodes may present only a small packet loss for several hours, later, for a few hours, the link presents a high packet loss and then returns to stability again.…”

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Analysis of Impulse Responses Measured in Motion in a Towing Tank

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The growing interest in developing autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and creating underwater sensor networks (USNs) has led to a need for communication tools in underwater environments. For obvious reasons, wireless means of communication are the most desirable. However, conducting research in real conditions is troublesome and costly. Moreover, as hydroacoustic propagation conditions change very significantly, even during the day, the assessment of proposed underwater wireless communication methods is very difficult. Therefore, in the literature, there are considered simulators based on real measurements of underwater acoustic (UWA) channels. However, these simulators make an assumption that, during the transmission of elementary signals, the impulse response does not change. In this article, the authors present the results of the measurements realized in a towing tank where the transmitter could move with a precisely set velocity and show that the analyzed channel was non-stationary, even during the time of the transmission of a single chirp signal. The article presents an evaluation method of channel stationarity at the time of the chirp transmission, which should be treated as novelty. There is also an analysis of the impulse responses measured in motion in a towing tank.

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“…Signori et al [22] designed an effective approach that implements a reputation system. In the system, the node accumulates trust through good behavior and loses trust when exhibiting suspicious behavior.…”

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“…The marine assets employed in this project, both underwater and above water, require information exchange to facilitate the RoboVaaS services. For underwater data transfer, acoustic communication systems benefit from the maturity achieved in acoustic transmission and signal processing techniques [22]. Recently developed acoustic low-power sensor nodes [19] have been utilized, and the data gathered by these sensors have been gathered by a newly designed Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV).…”

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Internet of Underwater Things: A Survey on Simulation Tools and 5G-Based Underwater Networks

Nkenyereye,

Ndibanje

2024

Electronics

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The term “Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT)” refers to a network of intelligent interconnected underwater devices designed to monitor various underwater activities. The IoUT allows for a network of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to communicate with each other, sense their surroundings, collect data, and transmit them to control centers on the surface at typical Internet speeds. These data serve as a valuable resource for various tasks, including conducting crash surveys, discovering shipwrecks, detecting early signs of tsunamis, monitoring animal health, obtaining real-time aquatic information, and conducting archaeological expeditions. This paper introduces an additional set of alternative simulation tools for underwater networks. We categorize these tools into open-source and licensed simulator options and recommend that students consider using open-source simulators for monitoring underwater networks. There has not been widespread deployment or extensive research on underwater 5G-based networks. However, simulation tools provide some general insights into the challenges and potential issues associated with evaluating such networks, based on the characteristics of underwater communication and 5G, by surveying 5G-based underwater networks and 5G key aspects addressed by the research community in underwater network systems. Through an extensive review of the literature, we discuss the architecture of both Internet of Underwater application-assisted AUVs and Internet of Underwater Things communications in the 5G-based system.

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Channel-Based Trust Model for Security in Underwater Acoustic Networks

Cited by 12 publications

References 41 publications

BEKMP: A Blockchain-Enabled Key Management Protocol for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks

BEKMP: A Blockchain-Enabled Key Management Protocol for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks

Analysis of Impulse Responses Measured in Motion in a Towing Tank

Internet of Underwater Things: A Survey on Simulation Tools and 5G-Based Underwater Networks

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