TY - GEN
T1 - Securing marine data networks in an IoT environment
AU - Al-Khalidi, Mohammed
AU - Al-Zaidi, Rabab
AU - Woods, John
AU - Reed, Martin
AU - Pereira, Ella
N1 - Funding Information:
Corresponding author: Mohammed Al-Khalidi, email: [email protected]. This work was supported in part by the Edge Hill Research Investment Fund (RIF).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/8/31
Y1 - 2019/8/31
N2 - With the huge proliferation of sensory applications, the Internet of Things (IoT) is promising connectivity capacity far beyond the conventional computing platforms, with an ultimate goal of connecting all everyday objects. Sensory applications in the marine environment are foreseen to be an integral part of this connected world, forming the Internet of Marine Things (IoMaT). While some efforts that aim to establish network connectivity in such a sparse environment exist, securing these networks is still an unreached goal. This paper introduces a secure Mobile Ad-hoc/Delay Tolerant routing protocol (S-MADNET) for the marine environment over VHF equipment available on the majority of ships. The proposed secure network is designed to use the existing Automatic Identification System (AIS) that ships use for positioning and navigation aid. An IoMaT routing module that forwards marine sensory data using the proposed secure protocol is also presented, taking the AIS system level considerations into account. Furthermore, a new AIS message format with IoMaT support is proposed that accommodates the requirements of the secure routing protocol. Evaluation results show that the proposed S-MADNET routing protocol outperforms its counterparts in terms of packet delivery rates and packet duplication rates, while maintaining data security.
AB - With the huge proliferation of sensory applications, the Internet of Things (IoT) is promising connectivity capacity far beyond the conventional computing platforms, with an ultimate goal of connecting all everyday objects. Sensory applications in the marine environment are foreseen to be an integral part of this connected world, forming the Internet of Marine Things (IoMaT). While some efforts that aim to establish network connectivity in such a sparse environment exist, securing these networks is still an unreached goal. This paper introduces a secure Mobile Ad-hoc/Delay Tolerant routing protocol (S-MADNET) for the marine environment over VHF equipment available on the majority of ships. The proposed secure network is designed to use the existing Automatic Identification System (AIS) that ships use for positioning and navigation aid. An IoMaT routing module that forwards marine sensory data using the proposed secure protocol is also presented, taking the AIS system level considerations into account. Furthermore, a new AIS message format with IoMaT support is proposed that accommodates the requirements of the secure routing protocol. Evaluation results show that the proposed S-MADNET routing protocol outperforms its counterparts in terms of packet delivery rates and packet duplication rates, while maintaining data security.
KW - Delay Tolerant Networks
KW - Internet of Things
KW - Marine Cartography
KW - Mobile Ad-hoc Networks
KW - Security
KW - VHF
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U2 - 10.1109/FiCloud.2019.00025
DO - 10.1109/FiCloud.2019.00025
M3 - Conference proceeding (ISBN)
AN - SCOPUS:85079355518
T3 - Proceedings - 2019 International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud, FiCloud 2019
SP - 125
EP - 132
BT - Proceedings - 2019 International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud, FiCloud 2019
A2 - Younas, Muhammad
A2 - Awan, Irfan
A2 - Hara, Takahiro
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 7th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud, FiCloud 2019
Y2 - 26 August 2019 through 28 August 2019
ER -
