Security Solutions for Wireless Mobile Ad hoc Networks

The contributions of this research are threefold. Firstly, a new, specialised Architectural Framework for WMANETs (AF-WMANETs) has been built, independent of any existing network architectures. Secondly, based upon AF-WMANET and exploiting ITU-T X.800 and X.805, a technology-independent Security Architecture for WMANETs has been defined in order to detect, predict, and correct security vulnerabilities. Thirdly, a novel Security Mechanism for Managing the Digital Certificates in WMANETs is defined. Where WMANETs are operating in heterogeneous wireless environments, two algorithms called FM-WMANET and PM-WMANET are proposed for two possible scenarios. FM-WMANET and PM-WMANET algorithms are both evaluated using graph theory and NS-2 network simulator. The results of the two evaluation studies prove that both FM-WMANET and PM-WMANET are fully distributed security protocols that provide a high level of secure, available, scalable, flexible and efficient key management services for WMANETs. A comparative analysis between FM-WMANET and PM-WMANET is also provided.

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Iman Almomani received her B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science in 2000, 2002, and 2007 from UAE University, the University of Jordan, and De Montfort University, UK, respectively. She is an assistant professor in the CS department at the University of Jordan. Research interests include Wireless Networks and Security, among others.