Distinguishing congestion from malicious behavior in mobile ad-hoc networks

Jin Ding; Sirisha R. Medidi

doi:10.1117/12.548417

10 August 2004 Distinguishing congestion from malicious behavior in mobile ad-hoc networks

Jin Ding, Sirisha R. Medidi

Proceedings Volume 5440, Digital Wireless Communications VI; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.548417
Event: Defense and Security, 2004, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Packet dropping in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks could be a result of wireless link errors, congestion, or malicious packet drop attack. Current techniques for detecting malicious behavior either do not consider congestion in the network or are not able to detect in real time. Further more, they usually work at network layer. In this paper, we propose a TCP-Manet protocol, which reacts to congestion like TCP Reno protocol, and has additional capability to distinguish among congestion, wireless link error, and malicious packet drop attack. It is an end-to-end mechanism that does not require additional modifications to the nodes in the network. Since it is an extension of existing TCP protocol, it is compatible with existing protocols. It works in conjunction with the network layer and an unobtrusive monitor to assist the network in the detection and characterization of the nature of the behavior. Experimental results show that TCP-Manet has the same performance as that of TCP-Reno in wired network, and performs better in wireless ad-hoc networks in terms of throughput while having good detection effectiveness.

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Jin Ding and Sirisha R. Medidi "Distinguishing congestion from malicious behavior in mobile ad-hoc networks", Proc. SPIE 5440, Digital Wireless Communications VI, (10 August 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.548417

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