TITLE:
A Proposal for Mitigating Multiple Black-Hole Attack in Wireless Mesh Networks
AUTHORS:
Om Shree, Francis J. Ogwu
KEYWORDS:
Mobile Ad-Hoc Network; Wireless Mesh Networks; Ad-Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector; Black-Hole; RADOV; IDSAODV; RID-AODV
JOURNAL NAME:
Wireless Sensor Network,
Vol.5 No.4,
April
30,
2013
ABSTRACT: The Network Layer in wireless mesh networks is responsible for
routing packets making it a prime target for intruders and hackers. Black-hole
attack is a type of denial-of-service attack which when carried out can disrupt
the services of this layer. This paper takes a look at some important detection
and mitigation techniques and presents the drawbacks. After analysis of current
mechanisms, the paper proposes RID-AODV, a security solution for multiple
black-hole attack in wireless mesh networks. Based on the backbone of AODV,
RID-AODV combines the ability of route skipping of IDSAODV and route failure
correction using reverse route establishment of RAODV. The enhanced protocol
RID-AODV, AODV, IDSAODV, and RAODV are implemented in a simulated
environment using ns-2.35 simulator. The networks for each protocol are
bombarded with up to ten black-hole nodes starting from zero. The results
obtained are then analyzed and compared and a discussion is presented.