Authentication and Authorisation Mechanisms in support of Secure Access to WMN Resources

Anwander, Markus; Braun, Torsten; Jamakovic, Almerima; Staub, Thomas (2012). Authentication and Authorisation Mechanisms in support of Secure Access to WMN Resources. In: The Fourth IEEE International Workshop on Hot Topics in Mesh Networking HOTMESH, San Francisco, USA (pp. 1-6). Washington, DC: IEEE 10.1109/WoWMoM.2012.6263776

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Over the past several years, a number of design approaches in wireless mesh networks have been introduced to support the deployment of wireless mesh networks (WMNs). We introduce a novel wireless mesh architecture that supports authentication and authorisation functionalities, giving the possibility of a seamless WMN integration into the home's organization authentication and authorisation infrastructure. First, we introduce a novel authentication and authorisation mechanism for wireless mesh nodes. The mechanism is designed upon an existing federated access control approach, i.e. the AAI infrastructure that is using just the credentials at the user's home organization in a federation. Second, we demonstrate how authentication and authorisation for end users is implemented by using an existing web-based captive portal approach. Finally, we observe the difference between the two and explain in detail the process flow of authorized access to network resources in wireless mesh networks. The goal of our wireless mesh architecture is to enable easy broadband network access to researchers at remote locations, giving them additional advantage of a secure access to their measurements, irrespective of their location. It also provides an important basis for the real-life deployment of wireless mesh networks for the support of environmental research.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Division/Institute:	08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Computer Science (INF) > Communication and Distributed Systems (CDS) 08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Computer Science (INF)
UniBE Contributor:	Anwander, Markus, Braun, Torsten, Jamakovic, Almerima, Staub, Thomas
ISBN:	978-1-4673-1238-7
Publisher:	IEEE
Submitter:	Dimitrios Xenakis
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 14:42
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:13
Publisher DOI:	10.1109/WoWMoM.2012.6263776
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/17236 (FactScience: 224981)