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Providing Enhanced Security through Packet Scheduling

for Real-Time Wireless Networks

Abstract:

In this paper we remedy the problem of secureless transmission of


packets over the wireless medium by proposing a novel dynamic security-aware packet-
scheduling algorithm, which is capable of achieving high quality of security for real-time packets
while making the best effort to guarantee real-time requirements (e.g., deadlines) of those
packets. We conduct extensive simulation experiments to evaluate the performance of our
algorithm. Experimental results show that compared with two baseline algorithms, the proposed
algorithm can substantially improve both quality of security and real-time packet guarantee ratio
under a wide range of workload characteristics.

Existing System & Disadvantages:


As users become increasingly mobile and business applications become more interactive,
traditional wireless communication technology is unable to satisfy real-time transmission
requirements in mobile electronic commerce applications. Modern real-time wireless networks
require high security level to assure confidentiality of information stored in packages delivered
through wireless links. However, most existing algorithms for scheduling independent packets in
real-time wireless networks ignore various security requirements of the packets
Proposed System & Advantages:
We present a novel Security-Aware Packet Scheduling Strategy or SPSS for real-time
wireless links. The SPSS algorithm aims to dynamically determine security levels of packets
according to applications’ security requirements while guaranteeing deadlines for packet. Apart
from achieving high quality of security, SPSS can significantly improve guarantee ratio, which is
a fraction of total transmitted packets that are found to be delivered before their deadlines.
The major contributions of this work include: (1) an analysis of security and real-time
requirements for wireless network; (2) a packet model to specify both timeliness and security
requirements; (3) a novel security-aware packet scheduling; (4) a new performance metric
integrating both security and real-time performance; and (5) a simulator where the SPFF
algorithm is implemented and evaluated.
Modules:
1.The system model and assumptions
2.The packet model
3.The SPSS Algorithm

Modules Descriptions:

The system model and assumptions


Although each wireless node may have a single transmitter and a single receiver, it is
common that the transmitter and receiver are combined in a transceiver. As such, a node cannot
transmit and receive packages simultaneously. In our switch model, there exists a packet
scheduler matching transmitters to corresponding receivers.
In addition to the switch, other three key components in the system include a Security
Level Controller (SLC), an Admission Controller (AC), and an EDF (Earliest Deadline First)
scheduler.

The packet model


Our packet model assumes that all packets have soft deadline and each packet is
independent of one another. We also assume that packets’ arrival times follow the classical
Poisson distribution.

Although wireless network devices are unable to determine security levels, packets’
security levels can be straightforwardly derived from the security requirements of applications.

The SPSS Algorithm


The main goal of this study is to maximize the overall system performance, which
reflects the guarantee ratio and security level. To achieve this goal, we designed the SPSS
scheduling algorithm with security awareness. SPSS aims to maintain high guarantee ratios
while maximizing the security levels. We can accomplish high performance and high security
level by applying the Security Level Controller to our SPSS algorithm.
Conclusion

We proposed a novel dynamic Security-Aware Packet Scheduling algorithm (or SPSS for
short), which is capable of achieving high quality of security for real-time packets while making
the best effort to guarantee real-time requirements of those packets. The SPSS algorithm is
designed in a way that makes it possible to achieve a reasonably high guarantee ratio and
optimized security level. In particular, our SPSS algorithm leverages an intelligent Security
Level Controller to adaptively assign security levels to incoming real-time packets transmitted
via a wireless network link.

System Requirements

Software Requirements

Language : Java 1.6

Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2

IDE : My Eclipse 6.0

Hardware Requirements

Processor : Intel Pentium 4

RAM : 256 MB

Hard Disk : 40 GB

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