Interleaved Honeypot-Framing Model with Secure MAC Policies for Wireless Sensor Networks

Area of Science:

• Computer Science
• Network Security
• Wireless Communication

Background:

• Wireless Medium Access Control (WMAC) protocols require robust security against evolving cyber threats.
• Existing MAC security policies are vulnerable to intelligent and malicious attacks.
• Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) demand effective intrusion detection and secure data communication.

Purpose of the Study:

• To propose a novel security model, the Wireless Interleaved Honeypot-Framing Model (WIHFM), for WSNs.
• To enhance the resilience of MAC protocols against sophisticated channel attackers.
• To implement distributed honeypot mechanisms for reactive security in WSNs.

Main Methods:

• Development of the Wireless Interleaved Honeypot-Framing Model (WIHFM).
• Implementation of distributed honeypot engines and secure hash-based random frame interleaving.
• Creation of Wireless Interleaved Honeypot Frames (WIHFs) for unpredictable frame sequences.

Main Results:

• The WIHFM effectively transforms unpredictable frames into legitimate sequences, thwarting channel attackers.
• Simulation results demonstrate superior performance of WIHFM over SZ-MAC, BASR, and TBNE.
• Experimental validation shows a 10% to 14% performance improvement compared to existing techniques.

Conclusions:

• The proposed WIHFM offers resilient security standards and neighbor-based intrusion alerts for MAC frames.
• WIHFM provides an effective wireless attack-trapping solution in dynamic WSNs.
• The novel wireless honeypot methodology addresses challenges in distributed honeypot management and network backbone dynamics.