2019/10/02 by Sayed Ashraf Mamun, Mamun, Sayed Ashraf
Computer Science · Engineering · #Bluetooth and Wireless Communication Technologies #Cryptography and Security (cs.CR) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #User Authentication and Security Systems #Wireless Body Area Networks #cs.CR
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1910.00991
7 pages
arxiv created 2019/10/02 · openalex publication_date 2019/10/02 · arxiv updated 2019/10/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Wireless body area network(WBAN) is becoming more popular in recent years. Security and privacy of this network is the major concern for the researchers. Most of the WBAN sensors currently available in the market uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) protocol for connection. But the BLE protocol has an inherent security flaw due to its weak pairing protocol which can be easily be exploited by an attacker. In this paper, a different pairing protocol based on Lightweight Anonymous Authentication Protocol (LWAA) is proposed. Proposed protocol has a 3.8% power overhead over traditional BLE. But this is a very small price to pay if we consider all the benefits it brings to the system.