Networking and Communication Engineering

C. Chandrasekar ¹, S. Padmavathy ²

Affiliations
1 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, IN
2 Sree Narayana Guru College, Coimbatore-641105, IN

Abstract

Voice over IP is the process of transmission of voice over packet-switched IP networks is one of the most important emerging trends in telecommunications. The VOIP introduces both security risks and opportunities. VOIP has a very different architecture than traditional circuit-based telephony, and these differences result in significant security issues. Lower cost and greater flexibility are among the promises of VOIP for the enterprise, but VOIP should not be installed without careful consideration of the security problems introduced. VOIP systems take a wide variety of forms, including traditional telephone handsets, conferencing units, and mobile units. In addition to end-user equipment, VOIP systems include a variety of other components, including call processors/call managers, gateways, routers, firewalls, and protocols. Most of these components have counterparts used in data networks, but the performance demands of VOIP mean that ordinary network software and hardware must be supplemented with special VOIP components. Quality of Service (QoS) is fundamental to the operation of a VOIP network that meets users’ quality expectations. However, the implementation of various security measures can cause a marked deterioration in QoS. These complications range from firewalls delaying or blocking call setups to encryption-produced latency and delay variation (jitter). Because of the time-critical nature of VOIP, and its low tolerance for disruption and packet loss, many security measures implemented in traditional data networks are simply not applicable to VOIP in their current form; firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and other components must be specialized for VOIP. Thus an anonymous multipath routing protocol that is a secured protocol called AOMDV, based on secret sharing is proposed. The protocol provides identity anonymity, location anonymity, data and traffic anonymity by employing cryptograph technology and secret sharing in VOIP communication process. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme provides a reasonably good level of network security.

Keywords

Voice Over IP, AOMDV, Quality of Service, Multipath Routing, Secret Sharing, Anonymity.

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C. Chandrasekar ¹, S. Padmavathy ²

Affiliations
1 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, IN
2 Sree Narayana Guru College, Coimbatore – 641 105, IN

Abstract

Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) is a group of mobile nodes which communicates with each other without any of the supporting infrastructure. Routing in MANET is extremely challenging because of MANETs dynamic features, its limited bandwidth and power energy. Because the intrinsic characteristics of mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) cause several vulnerabilities, anonymous routing protocols attract much more attention in secure mobile ad hoc networks for the purposes of security and privacy concerns. Most of them are single path or use one path at a time, and the multipath schemes cannot thwart both the passive attacks and active attacks simultaneously. Thus an anonymous multipath routing protocol that is a secured protocol called AOMDV, based on secret sharing is proposed. The protocol provides identity anonymity, location anonymity, data and traffic anonymity by employing cryptograph technology and secret sharing in MANET communication process. Meanwhile, a hash function is introduced to detect active attacks in the data transmission process. The protocol can effectively thwart various passive attacks and reduce the successful probability of active attacks (such as interception and physical destroy attacks). Simulation results show that the proposed scheme provides a reasonably good level of network security and performance.

Keywords

Multipath Routing, Secret Sharing, Anonymity, AOMDV, Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET).

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