Investigation of secure wireless regions using configurable beamforming on WARP

Yuanrui Zhang; Bei Yin; Roger Woods; Joe Cavallaro; Alan Marshall; Youngwook Ko

doi:10.1109/ACSSC.2014.7094817

Investigation of secure wireless regions using configurable beamforming on WARP

Yuanrui Zhang, Bei Yin, Roger Woods, Joe Cavallaro, Alan Marshall, Youngwook Ko

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In this paper, we examine a novel approach to network security against passive eavesdroppers in a ray-tracing model and implement it on a hardware platform. By configuring antenna array beam patterns to transmit the data to specific regions, it is possible to create defined regions of coverage for targeted users. By adapting the antenna configuration according to the intended user’s channel state information, this allows the vulnerability of the physical regions to eavesdropping to be reduced. We present the application of our concept to 802.11n networks where an antenna array is employed at the access point. A range of antenna array configurations are examined by simulation and then realized using the Wireless Open-Access Research Platform(WARP)

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2014 Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers
Place of Publication	Pacific Grove, CA
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1979-1983
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9781479982974
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSSC.2014.7094817
Publication status	Published - Nov 2014
Event	48th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers - Pacific Grove, United States Duration: 02 Nov 2014 → 05 Nov 2014

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Conference	48th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers
Country/Territory	United States
City	Pacific Grove
Period	02/11/2014 → 05/11/2014

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Computer Networks and Communications
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Zhang, Y, Yin, B, Woods, R, Cavallaro, J, Marshall, A & Ko, Y 2014, Investigation of secure wireless regions using configurable beamforming on WARP. in 2014 Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., Pacific Grove, CA, pp. 1979-1983, 48th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Pacific Grove, United States, 02/11/2014. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSSC.2014.7094817

Investigation of secure wireless regions using configurable beamforming on WARP. / Zhang, Yuanrui; Yin, Bei; Woods, Roger et al.
2014 Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers. Pacific Grove, CA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. p. 1979-1983.

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