简介:ThisstudyconcernssecurityissuesoftheemergingWirelessBodySensorNetwork(WBSN)formedbybiomedicalsensorswornonorimplantedinthehumanbodyformobilehealthcareappli-cations.Anovelauthenticatedsymmetric-keyestablishmentschemeisproposedforWBSN,whichfullyexploitsthephysiologicalfeaturesobtainedbynetworkentitiesviathebodychannelavailableinWBSNbutnototherwirelessnetworks.Theself-definedIntrinsicSharedSecret(ISS)isusedtoreplacethepre-deploymentofsecretsamongnetworkentities,whichthuseliminatescentralizedservicesorau-thoritiesessentialinexistingprotocols,andresolvesthekeytransportprobleminthepuresymmet-ric-keycryptosystemforWBSNaswell.Thesecuritypropertiesoftheproposedschemearedemon-stratedintermsofitsattackcomplexityandthetypesofattacksitcanresist.Besides,theschemecanbeimplementedunderalight-weightwayinWBSNsystems.DuetotheimportanceoftheISSconcept,theanalysisonusingfalseacceptance/falserejectionmethodtoevaluatetheperformanceofISSforitsusageintheschemeisalsodemonstrated.
简介:Recently,ithasbeenseenthattheensembleclassifierisaneffectivewaytoenhancethepredictionperformance.However,itusuallysuffersfromtheproblemofhowtoconstructanappropriateclassifierbasedonasetofcomplexdata,forexample,thedatawithmanydimensionsorhierarchicalattributes.Thisstudyproposesamethodtoconstructeanensembleclassifierbasedonthekeyattributes.Inadditiontoitshigh-performanceonprecisionsharedbycommonensembleclassifiers,thecalculationresultsarehighlyintelligibleandthuseasyforunderstanding.Furthermore,theexperimentalresultsbasedontherealdatacollectedfromChinaMobileshowthatthekey-attributes-basedensembleclassifierhasthegoodperformanceonbothoftheclassifierconstructionandthecustomerchurnprediction.
简介:Histogramofcollineargradient-enhancedcoding(HCGEC),arobustkeypointdescriptorformulti-spectralimagematching,isproposed.TheHCGECmainlyencodesroughstructureswithinanimageandsuppressesdetailedtexturalinformation,whichisdesirableinmulti-spectralimagematching.Experimentsontwomulti-spectraldatasetsdemonstratethattheproposeddescriptorcanyieldsignificantlybetterresultsthansomestate-ofthe-artdescriptors.
简介:Timeefficiencyofkeyestablishmentandupdateisoneofthemajorproblemscontributorykeymanagementsstrivetoaddress.Toachievebettertimeefficiencyinkeyestablishment,weproposeaLocation-basedHuffman(L-Huffman)scheme.First,usersareseparatedintoseveralsmallgroupstominimizecommunicationcostwhentheyaredistributedoverlargenetworks.Second,bothuser'scomputationdifferenceandmessagetransmissiondelayaretakenintoconsiderationwhenHuffmancodingisemployedtoformingtheoptimalkeytree.Third,thecombinedweightsinHuffmantreearelocatedinahigherplaceofthekeytreetoreducethevarianceoftheaveragekeygenerationtimeandminimizethelongestkeygenerationtime.SimulationsdemonstratethatL-HuffmanhasmuchbetterperformanceinwideareanetworksandisalittlebetterinlocalareanetworkthanHuffmanscheme.
简介:Certificatelessencryptionattractsalotofattentionsofarbyeliminatingthekeyescrowprobleminidentity-basedencryptionandpublickeycertificatesinthetraditionalpublickeycryptography.Byconsideringthethreatfromthekeyexposure,itisdesirabletoincorporatetheideaofkey-insulatedcryptosystemintothecertificatelessencryption.Inthispaper,wehavedesignedanefficientcertificatelesskeyinsulatedencryption(CL-KIE)schemetoachievethisgoal.Byourapproach,thecomputationalperformanceofourschemehasbeenimprovedsignificantlyintermsofreductiononrunningtimeandstorage.WealsogavethesecurityproofofthenewCL-KIEschemeagainstthechosenplaintextattacks(CPAs)intherandomoracle,consideringtheassumptionofthecomputationalDiffie-Hellman(CDH)problem.
简介:Nowadays,thepassword-basedremoteuserauthenticationmechanismusingsmartcardisoneofthesimplestandconvenientauthenticationwaystoensuresecurecommunicationsoverthepublicnetworkenvironments.Recently,Liuetal.proposedanefficientandsecuresmartcardbasedpasswordauthenticationscheme.However,wefindthatLiuetal.’sschemeisvulnerabletotheoff-linepasswordguessingattackanduserimpersonationattack.Furthermore,italsocannotprovideuseranonymity.Inthispaper,wecryptanalyzeLiuetal.’sschemeandproposeasecurityenhanceduserauthenticationschemetoovercometheaforementionedproblems.Especially,inordertopreservetheuseranonymityandpreventtheguessingattack,weusethedynamicidentitytechnique.Theanalysisshowsthattheproposedschemeismoresecureandefficientthanotherrelatedauthenticationschemes.