Approved
Out-of-band transfer with Android to configure pre-shared secrets into sensor nodes
Johannes Nilsson (2012) and Jameel Habbosh (2012)
Start
2017-10-02
Presentation
2018-03-16 14:15
Location:
E:3139
Finished:
2018-03-22
Master's thesis:
Abstract
The “Internet of Things” growth in popularity is evident. Recent studies show that by 2021 there will be over 46 billion units connected. These connected devices are integrated in all different sectors of our society. Thus, the IoT is becoming a way of life. As the technology is growing in size, the complexity is increasing equally. Now, tightly correlated with Internet of Things, often called the “eyes and ears” of IoT, are the Wireless Sensor Networks, WSN. These networks work as the bridge between the real world and the digital world; They often contain large amounts of sensor nodes, which collect a wide variety of data from the real world and convert it into digital form. <br><br> As IoT and WSN continues to push our society into being connected to the Web, the inherent risks of the Web follows. Therefore, authentication and key establishment in WSN is a popular research subject. This research has resulted in many different protocols designed to protect the WSNs. However, there is a gap in that most of these protocols assume that the sensors already contain a pre shared secret ready to be used. This assumption leaves us with the question, How does one configure it without compromising security? <br><br> The objective of this Master’s thesis is to investigate whether out-of-band solutions are viable when trying to answer question stated above. We will implement three different OOB solutions, each one based on a different category. These implementations will then be tested based on the following criteria: “Power Consumption”, “Resource Usage”, “Ease of Use” and “Security”. The results of these tests will be used for further analysis, where we try to provide the most suitable solution given the circumstances.
Supervisor: Einar Vading (Axis) and Martin Hell (EIT)
Examiner: Thomas Johansson (EIT)