A novel re-authentication scheme based on tickets in wireless local area networks

作者：Li Guangsong^*; Ma Jianfeng; Jiang Qi; Chen Xi

来源：Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, 2011, 71(7): 906-914.

DOI：10.1016/j.jpdc.2011.03.002

• Wireless local area network
• Handover
• Authentication
• Performance

Fast re-authentication schemes during handover of a mobile station are essential to seamless services for real-time multimedia applications in wireless local area networks. Although much research has been done to reduce re-authentication latency, the schemes developed so far either suffer from heavy burden problems or degrade the security level. In this paper, a novel ticket-based approach is proposed for re-authentication during handover. The mobile station receives handover tickets from the authentication server as a proof of authorization, and it presents the corresponding ticket when associating with a new access point. Our scheme reduces re-authentication delay to the delay of 2-way handshake between a mobile station and an access point. Furthermore, this scheme imposes less burden over the entities compared with other proactive key pre-distribution schemes, while satisfying 802.11i security requirements.

• 出版日期2011-7
• 单位西安电子科技大学; 中国科学技术信息研究所