Intrusion and Fault Tolerance: For Wireline and Wireless Networks

To provide in the wireless domain a level of dependability comparable to that in the wireline domain, this dissertation proposes an Inner-circle Consistency approach for wireless ad hoc networks. By exploiting the information and computation that is naturally replicated in the wireless network, the inner-circle consistency approach can stop/neutralize errors and attacks as soon as they are injected in the wireless network by faulty/malicious nodes. The inner-circle consistency idea leverages the same combination of replication, threshold cryptography, and custom hardware used in the wireline domain, yet it reformulates the intrusion and fault tolerance paradigm to take into account the limitations and the characteristics of wireless environments. The approach is demonstrated in two significant wireless scenarios: the neutralization of attacks against the Ad hoc On-demand Distance Vector (AODV) routing protocol, and the neutralization of sensor errors in a wireless sensor network.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Electrical Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Basile, Claudio

Contributors dc:contributor

• Ravi K. Iyer

• Computer Science

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3202063

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/80943