Extended Abstract: Towards Physical-Layer Authentication for Backscatter Devices
2020 (English)In: International Workshop on the Security of Industrial Control Systems and Cyber-Physical SystemsInternational Workshop on Security and Privacy Requirements EngineeringInternational Workshop on Attacks and Defenses for Internet-of-ThingsCyberICPS 2020, SECPRE 2020, ADIoT 2020: Computer Security, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2020, p. 224-234Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Backscatter communications relieves sensor tags from the energy-intensive task of generating their own radio waves. This enables sensor tags to transmit their sensor readings at an energy consumption that is several orders of magnitude lower than that of conventional low-power radios. The resource-constraints of typical backscatter tags, however, make it challenging to provide security for them. In this extended abstract, we take a first step towards authentication of backscatter transmissions. We propose to add authentication information in the chip sequences of the physical layer. We discuss design issues and in particular the trade-off between security and reliability and propose mechanisms to enable low-power authentication suitable for backscatter tags.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2020. p. 224-234
Series
Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 12501
Keywords [en]
Authentication, Backscatter, Security, Computer control systems, Computer privacy, Economic and social effects, Embedded systems, Energy utilization, Industrial research, Physical layer, Privacy by design, Radio broadcasting, Security systems, Authentication information, Chip sequences, Extended abstracts, Low power radios, Orders of magnitude, Resource Constraint, Security and reliabilities, Sensor readings, Backscattering
National Category
Natural Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-51960DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-64330-0_14Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85098271683ISBN: 9783030643294 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-51960DiVA, id: diva2:1520862
Conference
International Workshop on the Security of Industrial Control Systems and Cyber-Physical Systems International Workshop on Security and Privacy Requirements Engineering International Workshop on Attacks and Defenses for Internet-of-Things CyberICPS 2020, SECPRE 2020, ADIoT 2020: Computer Security. 14 September 2020 through 18 September 2020
Note
Funding details: Vetenskapsrådet, VR, 2017-045989, 2018-05480; Funding details: Stiftelsen för Strategisk Forskning, SSF; Funding text 1: Acknowledgments. This project is financially supported by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research and the Swedish Research Council (grants 2017-045989 and 2018-05480).
2021-01-212021-01-212023-06-08Bibliographically approved