TY - GEN
T1 - Adaptable misbehavior detection and isolation in wireless ad hoc networks using policies
AU - Gonzalez Duque, Oscar F.
AU - Hadjiantonis, Antonis M.
AU - Pavlou, George
AU - Howarth, Michael
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Wireless ad hoc networks provide the communications platform for new technologies and applications, such as vehicular ad hoc networks or wireless mesh networks. However, their multihop wireless nature makes them inherently unreliable and vulnerable, since their overall performance depends on the cooperative packet forwarding behavior of each individual node. In this paper we present a role-based approach that uses a distributed management overlay and gathers information about the packet forwarding activities of each node in the network. Using policies to control an adaptive algorithmic method that monitors the individual behavior of each node, we show that it is possible to detect, accuse and punish misbehaving nodes with a high degree of confidence. Our evaluation results demonstrate that after the successful detection of misbehaving nodes, their punishment through network isolation can significantly improve network performance in terms of packet delivery and throughput.
AB - Wireless ad hoc networks provide the communications platform for new technologies and applications, such as vehicular ad hoc networks or wireless mesh networks. However, their multihop wireless nature makes them inherently unreliable and vulnerable, since their overall performance depends on the cooperative packet forwarding behavior of each individual node. In this paper we present a role-based approach that uses a distributed management overlay and gathers information about the packet forwarding activities of each node in the network. Using policies to control an adaptive algorithmic method that monitors the individual behavior of each node, we show that it is possible to detect, accuse and punish misbehaving nodes with a high degree of confidence. Our evaluation results demonstrate that after the successful detection of misbehaving nodes, their punishment through network isolation can significantly improve network performance in terms of packet delivery and throughput.
KW - Misbehavior detection
KW - Policy-based management
KW - Self-protection
KW - Wireless ad hoc networks
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70449334196&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/INM.2009.5188816
DO - 10.1109/INM.2009.5188816
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:70449334196
SN - 9781424434879
T3 - 2009 IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2009
SP - 242
EP - 250
BT - 2009 IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2009
T2 - 2009 IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2009
Y2 - 1 June 2009 through 5 June 2009
ER -