A secure MAC protocol for Cognitive Radio Networks (SMCRN)

Abstract

In addition to standard authentication and data confidentiality requirements, Cognitive Radio Networks (CRNs) face distinct security issues such as primary user emulation and spectrum management attacks. A compromise of these will result in a denial of service, eavesdropping, forgery, or replay attack. These attacks must be considered while designing a secure media access control (MAC) protocol for CR networks. This paper presents a novel secure CR MAC protocol: the presented protocol is analysed for these security measures using formal logic methods such as Burrows-Abadi-Needham (BAN) logic. It is shown that the proposed protocol functions effectively to provide strong authentication and detection against malicious users leading to subsequent secure communication.