A Collaborative Approach for Monitoring Nodes Behavior during Spectrum Sensing to Mitigate Multiple Attacks in Cognitive Radio Networks
Joint Authors
Khasawneh, Mahmoud
Agarwal, Anjali
Source
Security and Communication Networks
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-16, 16 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-10-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
16
Main Subjects
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Spectrum sensing is the first step to overcome the spectrum scarcity problem in Cognitive Radio Networks (CRNs) wherein all unutilized subbands in the radio environment are explored for better spectrum utilization.
Adversary nodes can threaten these spectrum sensing results by launching passive and active attacks that prevent legitimate nodes from using the spectrum efficiently.
Securing the spectrum sensing process has become an important issue in CRNs in order to ensure reliable and secure spectrum sensing and fair management of resources.
In this paper, a novel collaborative approach during spectrum sensing process is proposed.
It monitors the behavior of sensing nodes and identifies the malicious and misbehaving sensing nodes.
The proposed approach measures the node’s sensing reliability using a value called belief level.
All the sensing nodes are grouped into a specific number of clusters.
In each cluster, a sensing node is selected as a cluster head that is responsible for collecting sensing-reputation reports from different cognitive nodes about each node in the same cluster.
The cluster head analyzes information to monitor and judge the nodes’ behavior.
By simulating the proposed approach, we showed its importance and its efficiency for achieving better spectrum security by mitigating multiple passive and active attacks.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Khasawneh, Mahmoud& Agarwal, Anjali. 2017. A Collaborative Approach for Monitoring Nodes Behavior during Spectrum Sensing to Mitigate Multiple Attacks in Cognitive Radio Networks. Security and Communication Networks،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1202857
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Khasawneh, Mahmoud& Agarwal, Anjali. A Collaborative Approach for Monitoring Nodes Behavior during Spectrum Sensing to Mitigate Multiple Attacks in Cognitive Radio Networks. Security and Communication Networks No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1202857
American Medical Association (AMA)
Khasawneh, Mahmoud& Agarwal, Anjali. A Collaborative Approach for Monitoring Nodes Behavior during Spectrum Sensing to Mitigate Multiple Attacks in Cognitive Radio Networks. Security and Communication Networks. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1202857
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1202857