Securing multicast route discovery for mobile ad hoc networks
Mingxi Yang, Li Layuan, Yiwei Fang · Wuhan University Journal of Natural Sciences · 2007
This paper presents SMRAN, a novel securing multicast route discovery scheme for mobile ad hoc networks. The scheme relies entirely on hash chains based one-time signature mechanism, HORSEI, with very efficient signing and verifying, and we do this by improving the HORSE protocol through the introduction of intermediate hash joints. The main purpose of SMRAN is to provide source authentication for multicast routing discovery messages in mobile ad hoc networks. SMRAN will construct multicast tree with authentication constrains in ad hoc networks. The performance measure of SMRAN is evaluated using simulator NS2. The results represent that SMRAN produces less end-to-end packet latency than public key based secure routing scheme, and it is a feasible approach to securing multicast routing for mobile ad hoc networks.