PS-Net : Personalized Secure Wi-Fi Networks 


Vol. 40,  No. 3, pp. 497-505, Mar.  2015


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  Abstract

Existing Wi-Fi networks require users to follow network settings of the AP (Access Point), resulting in inconveniences for users, and the password of the AP is shared by all users connected to the AP, causing security information leaks as time goes by. We propose, in this work, a personalized secure Wi-Fi network, in which each user is assigned her own virtual Wi-Fi network. One virtual Wi-Fi per user makes the user-centric network configuration possible. A user sets a pair of her own SSID and password on her device a priori, and the AP publishes its public key in a suitable way. The AP also maintains an open Wi-Fi channel, to which users can connect anytime. On user"s request, the user device sends a connection request message containing a pair of SSID and password encrypted with the AP"s public key. Receiving the connection request message, the AP instantiates a new virtual AP secured with the pair of SSID and password, which is dedicated to that single user device. This virtual network is securer because the password is not shared among users. It is more convenient because the network adapts itself to the user device. Experiments show that these advantages are obtained with negligible degradation in the throughput performance.

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[IEEE Style]

N. Lee, J. Lee, C. Jeong, "PS-Net : Personalized Secure Wi-Fi Networks," The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 497-505, 2015. DOI: .

[ACM Style]

Nam-seh Lee, Ju-ho Lee, and Choong-Kyo Jeong. 2015. PS-Net : Personalized Secure Wi-Fi Networks. The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences, 40, 3, (2015), 497-505. DOI: .

[KICS Style]

Nam-seh Lee, Ju-ho Lee, Choong-Kyo Jeong, "PS-Net : Personalized Secure Wi-Fi Networks," The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 497-505, 3. 2015.