NeTS: Small: Collaborative Research:Secure and Resilient Channel Allocation in Multi-Radio Wireless Networks

配备多个无线电接口并在多个信道上工作的计算设备正在无线网络中占据主导地位。这些网络通常是多接口多信道移动网络(MIMC-MANET)。然而，MIMC-MANET的安全漏洞研究和基础安全机制的研究一直严重滞后于其他研究的快速进展。本课题从三个方面研究了MIMC-MANET的安全性。1.调查MIMC-MANET中与信道管理相关的唯一(未知)安全漏洞。2.开发支持MIMC的安全机制。该项目重新定义了信道冲突，揭示了信道攻击的根本原因和后果，并开发了新颖的、抗攻击的安全机制来保护MIMC-MANET中的信道管理(和路由)。新的安全机制利用了MIMC的能力，包括协作信道监控、基于信道利用率的信道冲突检测和解决、基于逻辑的攻击调查和跨层安全设计。3.构建MIMC安全和性能评估工具包：本项目开发了评估工具包，并构建了实验环境。这些工具包和实验环境可以作为整个研究界进行未来MIMC-MANET研究的主要试验台，该项目将促进对MIMC-MANET中独特的安全问题的理解。开发的技术将大大增强MIMC网络基础设施的安全性，并确保建立在此类网络之上的关键任务应用程序的安全。教育、外展和传播倡议将产生更广泛的影响。该项目的教育资源，包括课程单元和教学实验室设计，将通过一个专门的网站传播。

Computing devices equipped with multiple radio interfaces and working on multiple channels are becoming predominant in wireless networks. These networks are usually Multi-Interface Multi-Channel Mobile Networks (MIMC-MANETs). However, the study of security vulnerabilities and the research of fundamental security mechanisms in channel management of MIMC-MANETs have been seriously lagging behind the rapid progress of other research. This project studies the security of MIMC-MANETs in three aspects. 1. Investigating the unique (unknown) security vulnerabilities associated with channel management in MIMC-MANETs. 2. Developing MIMC-enabled security mechanisms. This project redefines channel conflict, reveals the fundamental causes and consequences of channel attacks, and develops novel and attack-resilient security mechanisms to secure channel management (and routing) in MIMC-MANETs. New security mechanisms utilize the capability of MIMC, and include collaborative channel monitoring, channel-utilization based channel conflict detection and resolution, logic-based attack investigation, and cross-layer security design. 3. Building MIMC security and performance evaluation toolkits: This project develops evaluation toolkits and builds experimental environments. The toolkits and experimental environments can serve as a major testbed for the whole research community to conduct future MIMC-MANET research.This project will advance the understanding of the unique security problems in MIMC-MANETs. The developed techniques will greatly enhance the security of the MIMC network infrastructure and secure the mission critical applications built atop such networks. Broader impacts will result from the education, outreach, and dissemination initiatives. Educational resources from this project, including course modules and teaching laboratory designs, will be disseminated through a dedicated Website.