Authors:
Shirantha Wijesekera
;
Xu Huang
and
Dharmendra Sharma
Affiliation:
University of Canberra, Australia
Keyword(s):
Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), Wi-Fi, IEEE 802.11, Wireless Security.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Biomedical Engineering
;
Distributed and Mobile Software Systems
;
Health Engineering and Technology Applications
;
Health Information Systems
;
Mobile Technologies
;
Mobile Technologies for Healthcare Applications
;
Neural Rehabilitation
;
Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics
;
Software Engineering
Abstract:
Demand for wireless communications around the world is growing. IEEE 802.11 wireless networks, also known as Wi-Fi, are one of the popular wireless networks with over millions of users across the globe. Hence, providing secure communication for wireless networks has become one of the prime concerns. We have proposed a Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) based novel protocol to exchange the encryption key in Wi-Fi networks. In this paper, we present the protocol modifications done in the existing IEEE 802.11 standard to implement the proposed QKD based key exchange.