8th International Conference on Body Area Networks

Research Article

Channel Information based Cryptography and Authentication in Wireless Body Area Networks

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.bodynets.2013.253689,
        author={Zhaoyang Zhang and Honggang Wang and Athanasios Vasilakos and Hua Fang},
        title={Channel Information based Cryptography and Authentication in Wireless Body Area Networks},
        proceedings={8th International Conference on Body Area Networks},
        publisher={ICST},
        proceedings_a={BODYNETS},
        year={2013},
        month={10},
        keywords={wireless body area networks (wbans) authentication wireless channel security},
        doi={10.4108/icst.bodynets.2013.253689}
    }
    
  • Zhaoyang Zhang
    Honggang Wang
    Athanasios Vasilakos
    Hua Fang
    Year: 2013
    Channel Information based Cryptography and Authentication in Wireless Body Area Networks
    BODYNETS
    ACM
    DOI: 10.4108/icst.bodynets.2013.253689
Zhaoyang Zhang1, Honggang Wang,*, Athanasios Vasilakos2, Hua Fang3
  • 1: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
  • 2: University of Western Macedonia
  • 3: University of Massachusetts Medical School
*Contact email: hwang1@umassd.edu

Abstract

Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) are the core of components of future m-Health system and is playing a crucial role in healthcare applications. A key requirement for such applications is secure communications between body sensors. This paper presents a novel key agreement scheme which allows wireless body sensors in WBANs to share a common key generated using wireless channel information. Unlike traditional biometric based security approach, the proposed key agreement does not need extra hardware, which can secure data communications in a plug-n-play manner. Our experimental results show that the proposed scheme is feasible for WBANs.