Verification of  Key Generation from Individual OFDM Subcarrier's Channel Response

Junqing Zhang; Roger Woods; Alan Marshall; Quang Q. Duong

doi:10.1109/GLOCOMW.2015.7414111

Verification of Key Generation from Individual OFDM Subcarrier's Channel Response

Junqing Zhang, Roger Woods, Alan Marshall, Quang Q. Duong

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This paper presents a key generation system derived from the channel response of individual subcarrier in orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) systems. Practical aspects of the security were investigated by implementing our key generation scheme on a wireless open-access research platform (WARP), which enables us to obtain channel estimation of individual OFDM subcarriers, a feature not currently available in most commercial wireless interface cards. Channel response of individual OFDM subcarrier is usually a wide sense stationary random process, which allows us to find the optimal probing period and maximize the key generation rate. The implementation requires cross layer design as it involves interaction between physical and MAC layer. We have experimentally verified the feasibility and principles of key generation, and also evaluated the performance of our system in terms of randomness, key generation rate and key disagreement rate, which proves that OFDM subcarrier's channel responses are valid for key generation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2015 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps)
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9781467395267
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/GLOCOMW.2015.7414111
Publication status	Published - Dec 2015
Event	IEEE Global Communications Conference 2015 - California, San Diego, United States Duration: 06 Dec 2015 → 10 Dec 2015 http://globecom2015.ieee-globecom.org/

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Conference	IEEE Global Communications Conference 2015
Abbreviated title	GLOBECOM 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego
Period	06/12/2015 → 10/12/2015
Internet address	http://globecom2015.ieee-globecom.org/

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Zhang, J, Woods, R, Marshall, A & Duong, QQ 2015, Verification of Key Generation from Individual OFDM Subcarrier's Channel Response. in 2015 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., IEEE Global Communications Conference 2015, San Diego, California, United States, 06/12/2015. https://doi.org/10.1109/GLOCOMW.2015.7414111

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