Madhusanka Liyanage – Page 4

LEMAP: A Lightweight EAP based Mutual Authentication Protocol for IEEE 802.11 WLAN

May 16, 2022
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The growing usage of wireless devices has significantly increased the need for Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) during the past two decades. However, security (most notably authentication) remains a major roadblock to WLAN adoption. Several authentication protocols exist for verifying a supplicant’s identity who attempts to connect his wireless device to an access point (AP) […]

Realizing Contact-less Applications with Multi-Access Edge Computing

March 10, 2022
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The entire world progression has ceased with the unexpected outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and urges the requirement for contact-less and autonomous services and applications. Realizing these predominantly Internet of Things (IoT) based applications demands a holistic pervasive computinginfrastructure. In this paper, we conduct a survey to determine the possible pervasive approaches for utilizing the […]

A Provably Secure and Efficient 5G-AKA Authentication Protocol using Blockchain

February 7, 2022
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The next generation of mobile communication systems must be secured because of the ongoing entrance of numerous security attacks. Thus, to secure the underlying network, the 3GPP has designed an authentication and key agreement protocol, 5GAKA, to safely and stably access the mobile services. However, some recent observations indicate that 5G-AKA has numerous shortcomings such […]

Fog Computing and Blockchain-Based Security Service Architecture for 5G Industrial IoT-Enabled Cloud Manufacturing

February 1, 2022
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Recent evolution of the industrial Internet of Things empowers the classical manufacturing model with cloud computing integration for Industry 4.0. Cloud integration advances the capabilities of manufacturing systems with cloud-based controlling and real-time process monitoring, which is renowned as cloud manufacturing (CM). However, cloud integration exposes the entire manufacturing ecosystem to a new set of […]

Energy Efficient Contact Tracing and Social Interaction based Patient Prediction System for COVID-19 Pandemic

October 20, 2021
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Due to the spread of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the world has encountered an ongoing pandemic to date. It is a highly contagious disease. In addition to the vaccination, social distancing and isolation of patients are proven to be one of the commonly used strategies to reduce the spread of disease. For efficient social distancing, […]

Survey on blockchain for future smart grids: Technical aspects, applications, integration challenges and future research

October 9, 2021
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Smart Grid 2.0 is envisaged to automate the operations of the intelligent electricity grid. Blockchainand smart contracts are integrated to facilitate the transformation from DSO-centric operations toconsumer-oriented, distributed electricity grid management. The envisaged smart grids, integratedwith blockchain would provoke challenges, which would hinder the maximum utilization of DistributeEnergy Resources (DERs). This comprehensive review aims at […]

Can Blockchain Strengthen the Energy Internet?

July 29, 2021
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Emergence of the Energy Internet (EI) demands restructuring of traditional electricity gridsto integrate heterogeneous energy sources, distribution network management with grid intelligenceand big data management. This paradigm shift is considered to be a breakthrough in the energyindustry towards facilitating autonomous and decentralized grid operations while maximizing theutilization of Distributed Generation (DG). Blockchain has been identified […]

Security enhanced Emergency Situation Detection System for Ambient Assisted LivingSystem for Ambient Assisted Living

July 20, 2021
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Typical wearable devices use a dedicated mobile phone as relay node to transfer the collected sensor data toa server. However, such relay nodes can be faulty or inactive due to various reasons, leading to interruptions of the communication link. To mitigate this challenge, we propose anovel security-enhanced emergency situation detection system, where 3rd party unknown […]

AI and 6G security: Opportunities and challenges

June 8, 2021
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While 5G is well-known for network cloudification with micro-service based architecture, the next generation networks or the 6G era is closely coupled with intelligent network orchestration and management. Hence, the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is immense in the envisioned 6G paradigm. However, the alliance between 6G and AI may also be a double-edged sword […]

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Identifying Factors Enabling the Enhancement of
Service Migration of Multi-Access Edge Computing

June 8, 2021
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Edge computing is a novel concept proposed to overcome the limitations of the prevailing cloud-based telecommunication networks. Various concepts have emerged with edge computing that requires proper investigation prior to deployment. Migration of services within the edge computing nodes/ base stations is an imminent aspect of the envisaged paradigm that has created a lot of […]