Credibility of Threats to Jam Anonymous Traffic Remapping Attacks in Ad Hoc WLANs

In ad hoc networks, selfish stations can pursue a better quality of service (QoS) by performing traffic remapping attacks (TRAs), i.e., by falsely assigning their traffic to a higher priority class, which can hurt honest stations' QoS. To discourage the attackers, honest stations can announce t...

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Published in:IEEE communications letters 2017-03, Vol.21 (3), p.624-627
Main Authors: Konorski, Jerzy, Szott, Szymon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ad hoc networks
EDCA
game theory
Games
IEEE 802.11
IEEE 802.11 Standard
Jamming
QoS
Quality of service
selfish behavior
Throughput
traffic remapping
Wireless LAN
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Summary:In ad hoc networks, selfish stations can pursue a better quality of service (QoS) by performing traffic remapping attacks (TRAs), i.e., by falsely assigning their traffic to a higher priority class, which can hurt honest stations' QoS. To discourage the attackers, honest stations can announce their dissatisfaction with the perceived QoS. If such a threat fails, a costly data frame jamming defense can be launched. We analyze the arising noncooperative game in which the attackers decide whether to continue a TRA when threatened and honest stations decide whether to start jamming when the TRA is continued. Using a Maynard Smith setting, we prove that the threats are credible to a rational attacker, who will then refrain from playing the game and remain honest.
ISSN:1089-7798
1558-2558
DOI:10.1109/LCOMM.2016.2639483