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Trust management in mobile ad hoc networks using a scalable maturity-based model

Pedro Braconnot-Velloso
Rafael Pinaud Laufer
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Daniel de Oliveira Cunha
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Guy Pujolle

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a human-based model which builds a trust relationship between nodes in an ad hoc network. The trust is based on previous individual experiences and on the recommendations of others. We present the Recommendation Exchange Protocol (REP) which allows nodes to exchange recommendations about their neighbors. Our proposal does not require disseminating the trust information over the entire network. Instead, nodes only need to keep and exchange trust information about nodes within the radio range. Without the need for a global trust knowledge, our proposal scales well for large networks while still reducing the number of exchanged messages and therefore the energy consumption. In addition, we mitigate the effect of colluding attacks composed of liars in the network. A key concept we introduce is the relationship maturity, which allows nodes to improve the efficiency of the proposed model for mobile scenarios. We show the correctness of our model in a single-hop network through simulations. We also extend the analysis to mobile multihop networks, showing the benefits of the maturity relationship concept. We evaluate the impact of malicious nodes that send false recommendations to degrade the efficiency of the trust model. At last, we analyze the performance of the REP protocol and show its scalability. We show that our implementation of REP can significantly reduce the number messages.
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hal-01167770 , version 1 (24-06-2015)

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Pedro Braconnot-Velloso, Rafael Pinaud Laufer, Daniel de Oliveira Cunha, Otto Carlos Muniz Bandeira Duarte, Guy Pujolle. Trust management in mobile ad hoc networks using a scalable maturity-based model. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 2010, 7 (3), pp.172-185. ⟨10.1109/TNSM.2010.1009.I9P0339⟩. ⟨hal-01167770⟩
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