Wireless Sensor Systems:
Security Implications for the
Industrial Environment
Dr. Peter L. Fuhr
Chief Scientist
RAE Systems, Sunnyvale, CA
pfuhr@raesystems.com
Dr. Peter Fuhr, Presenter: 480+ publications&presentations in wireless sensor
networking arena. Old-timer in this area…etc etc.
RAE Systems Inc.
• Pervasive Sensing Company
based in Silicon Valley founded
in 1991
Capabilities
– Radiation detection
• Gamma and neutron
– Chemical/vapor detection
• Toxic gas, VOC, combustible
gas, oxygen, CWA,
temperature, humidity, C02
– Redeployable sensor networks
– Mobile and fixed wireless
monitors
– Cargo Container Sensor
Systems
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Contributors
A number of individuals have provided “content” for these slides. They
include:
Wayne Manges, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Robert Poor, Ember
Pat Gonia, Honeywell
Hesh Kagan, Foxboro/Invensys
Kang Lee, NIST
Tom Kevan, Advanstar
Ramesh Shankar, Electric Power Research Institute
Larry Hill, Larry Hill Consulting
Rob Conant, Dust
Rick Kriss, Xsilogy
Gideon Varga, Dept of Energy
Jack Eisenhauser, Energetics
Michael Brambley, Pacific Northwest National Labs
David Wagner, UC-Berkeley
Undoubtedly, there are other contributors too (apologies if
your name is not listed).
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Wireless Sensor Networking
…it’s not cellular telephony
…it’s not just WiFi...(and it just may be the next big thing)
Each dot represents one cell phone tower.
Wireless devices circa 1930
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Sensor Market: $11B in 2001
Installation (wiring) costs: >$100B
• Fragmented market
 platform
opportunity
• Installation cost limits
penetration
 reducing
installation cost
increases market size
Highly Fragmented
Sensor Market
Freedonia Group report on Sensors, April 2002
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Industrial Market Sizing
Sensor Networking Products
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North American Market for Wireless products used in
Applications where transmission distances are 1 mile or
less:
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Largest Application areas:
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–
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2002 Total: $107 million
2006 Forecast: $713 million
2010 Estimates: $ 2.1 billion
2002: Tank Level Monitoring, Asset Tracking, Preventative
Maintenance
2006: Tank Level Monitoring, Preventative Maintenance,
Environmental Monitoring
Conclusions:
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Rapid Growth in Industrial markets
Tank Level Monitoring will remain a significant opportunity
Key ‘ User’ Needs:
•
•
•
Lower Costs over Wired (or Manual) Solutions
Education of Potential Customers on the Technology
Demonstration of Operational Reliability & Application ‘ Domain’
Knowledge
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The True cost per monitored node – to the
End User
Higher
Higher
SPARSE
DENSE
1xRTT, FLEX
SAT, etc
Bluetooth,
802.15.4, WiFi etc
Installation
Costs
3-Yr
TOC $$$
Design For Here
Lower
Lower
Meters
$
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Radio RF Range (dB)
Miles
$$$$$
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What to do with the data?
Parameter
of Interest
Chemical
Electrical
Mechanical
Thermal
Radiation
Optical
Magnetic
Measurement System
Sensor
Modifier
Output Signal
Output
Transducer
Chemical
Electrical
Mechanical
Thermal
Radiation
Optical
Magnetic
Power
Supply
Great! But how do you get the output signal from the sensor to the location
where the information will be interpreted (used)?
Traditionally the output of the sensor was hardwired to some form of
interpretive device (e.g., PLC) perhaps relying on a 4-20mA signal…
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Outline:
1. Security? Who needs it?
2. How is security achieved in a wired channel?
3. The Situation for Wireless (its RF in an industrial setting.
Spectrum, modulation, encryption, spatial…)
4. Security within various Wireless Delivery Schemes
(cellular, WiFi, 802.15.4, Bluetooth, others…)
5. An Integrated Solution
6. The Big Review
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Oh, who needs security in a
wireless channel anyway!
(pretty ridiculous statement isn’t it!
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Let’s ask some experts:
WINA meeting, Coral Gables, Sept. 2003
www.wireless4industrial.org
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What’s a WINA?
In the spring of 2003, the Wireless Industrial Networking
Alliance (WINA) was formed to promote the adoption of
wireless networking technologies and practices that will help
increase industrial productivity and efficiency.
WINA will be holding a 1.5 day meeting at ISA-HQ in RTP, NC on Feb 11/12 –
right after the ISA Wireless Security Expo and conference. Check out
www.wireless4industrial.org for WINA meeting details AND
www.isa.org/wireless for the ISA Wireless Security conf details!
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Back to the Question:
Who needs security in a wireless
channel anyway!
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Strategy Workshop Participants
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Suppliers (13)
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System integrators (6)
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Industrial end users (10)
– Chemicals
– Petroleum
– Automotive
– Energy/Utilities
– Forest Products
– Electronics
•
Industry analysts/venture capitalists (3)
•
Others (associations, government, media,
researchers)
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End-User View of Industrial Wireless
Likes
• Mobility
• Compactness
• Flexibility
• Low cost
• Capability to monitor
rotating equipment
• Short range (security)
• Ease of installation
• High reliability
• Impetus to enhance
electronics support
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Dislikes
• Change to status quo
• Complexity
• High cost for coverage in large
plants
• Security issues
• Portability issues (power)
• Unproven reliability
• Too risky for process control
• Lack of experience in
troubleshooting (staff)
• Restricted infrastructure
flexibility once implemented
• Lack of analysis tools
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Technology Group: Key Issues
• Security
– Jamming, hacking, and eavesdropping
• Power
• Value (clear to customer)
• Interoperability
– Co-existence with other facility networks, sensors,
collectors, technology
• True engineered solution (sensors, collectors, etc.)
• Assured performance & reliability/MTBA*
• Software infrastructure, data, & systems management
• Robustness (at least as good as wired)
• RF characterization (radios, receivers, environments)
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*mean time between attention
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Technology Group: Criticality Varies
by Application (5 = most critical)
Applications
Alarm
Shutdown
Biz
WLAN
3-5
5
5
1
2-3
3-5
5
5
1
Raw Thru-put
(node / aggr.)
2/5
2.5 /2.5
1/4
1/1
1/5
Scalability
(Max.# nodes)
5
4
4
1
2-3
Data Reliability
1
5
5
5
2
1-5
5
5
5
5
Low Cost
5
2
1-3
1
2-3
Gateway Technology
5
1
3-4
1
1
Engineered Solution
1
5
4
5
3
Attributes
Monitor
Control
Latency
2-3
Device Reliability
Security
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Industrial CyberSecurity
• The Case of Vitek Boden
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• On October 31, 2001 Vitek Boden was convicted of:
– 26 counts of willfully using a restricted computer to
cause damage
– 1 count of causing serious environment harm
• The facts of the case:
– Vitek worked for the contractor involved in the
installation of Maroochy Shire sewage treatment
plant.
– Vitek left the contractor in December 1999 and
approached the shire for employment. He was
refused.
– Between Jan 2000 and Apr 2000 the sewage
system experienced 47 unexplainable faults,
causing millions of liters of sewage to be spilled.
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How did he do it?
• On April 23, 2000 Vitek was arrested with
stolen radio equipment, controller
programming software on a laptop and a fully
operational controller.
• Vitek is now in jail…
Disgruntled
Contractor
Rogue Radio
PLC
PLC
Sewage Plant
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A Favorite 2.4 GHz Antenna
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WarDriving – 802.11 HotSpots in
Silicon Valley
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WarDriving – 802.11 HotSpots in
San Francisco
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The Question:
Who needs security in a wireless channel
anyway!
The Answer:
We do. So…How do you provide the
appropriate level of security within the
acceptable price and “inconvenience” margin
-> Risk Management!
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Inside vs. Outside?
• Where do attacks come from?
90
% of Respondents
80
70
60
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
50
40
30
20
10
0
Foreign Gov.
Foreign
Corp.
Hackers
Disgruntled
U.S.
Competitors Employees
*Source: “2002 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey” Computer Security
Institute - www.gocsi.com/losses.
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An “Outside” Example.
When? April 2001
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“Hacker War I”
•In the Spring of 2001, the US got it’s first a
taste of a new form of warfare.
•Launched from overseas and targeted at
US critical infrastructure.
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Honker Union
•Chinese Hacker Group working to advance
and in some cases impose it’s political agenda
•During the spring of 2001, Honker Union
worked with other groups such as the Chinese
Red Guest Network Security Technology
Alliance
•Hackers were encouraged to "...make use of
their skills for China..." Wired.com
Attack Methods:
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Denial of Service Attacks
•Website Defacement
•E-mailing viruses to US Government Employees
•“KillUSA” package
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Cyberwar
• Cyber attacks and web defacements
increased dramatically after the start of the
war against Iraq.
• More than 1,000 sites were hacked in the
first 48 hours of the conflict, with many of
the attacks containing anti-war slogans.
• Security consultants state that the war
against Iraq made March the worst month
for digital attacks since records began in
1995.
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Hacker School
• North Korea's Mirim College, is a
military academy specializing in
electronic warfare
• 100 potential cybersoldiers graduate
every year
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The Question:
Who needs security in a wireless channel
anyway?
The Answer:
Everyone.
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Outline:
1. Security? Who needs it?
2. How is security achieved in a wired channel?
3. The Situation for Wireless (its RF in an industrial setting.
Spectrum, modulation, encryption, spatial…)
4. Security within various Wireless Delivery Schemes
(cellular, WiFi, 802.15.4, Bluetooth, others…)
5. An Integrated Solution
6. The Big Review
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A few details…
Layered Communications
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Wired Data Security - Encryption
The “traditional” method involved encrypting the data prior to
transmission over a potentially insecure channel. The level of
protection rests on the encryption algorithm. (There are a few
other factors…such as the physical media.)
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Outline:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Security? Who needs it?
How is security achieved in a wired channel?
The Situation for Wireless
Security within various Wireless Delivery Schemes
(cellular, WiFi, 802.15.4, Bluetooth, others…)
5. An Integrated Solution
6. The Big Review
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From many perspectives, THIS is what a wireless sensor network can provide.
Wireless Buildings
Key to success: reduced installation costs
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Modulation
E(t) = A(t) cos[wt + f(t)]
Amplitude Modulation (AM)
info is in A(t)
Frequency Modulation (FM)
info is in w
Phase Modulation (PM)
info is in f(t)
Different vendors use
different schemes - and they
are not interoperable.
Phase = 0o
Phase = 180o
Phase = 360o
(or back to 0o)
Phase = 270o
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The FCC Frequency Assignment
Different vendors may use
different frequencies within
the various ISM bands
(green in the diagram).
The ISM bands most commonly used are at 433, 915 and 2400 MHz.
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Multiple Sensors Sharing the Medium:
Multiplexing. FDMA, TDMA and CDMA
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Binary Signaling Formats
• Used to Improve Digital
Signal Reception and
Decision
• NRZ: Non-Return to Zero
• RZ: Return to Zero
• Unipolar: Only one side
of 0V
• Bipolar: Both sides of 0V
• Manchester: Bi-Phase
(“0” in left 1/2 time slot,
“1” in right)
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Narrowband or Spread Spectrum?
Narrowband uses a fixed carrier frequency, F0.
The receiver then locks onto the carrier frequency, F0.
Easy to implement (inexpensive).
Prone to jamming or interference (two transmitters at the
same carrier frequency, F0.
Least secure modulation scheme.
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Narrowband or Spread Spectrum (cont.) ?
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum. Uses
a carrier frequency that varies with time,
F0(t).
Invented and patented by actress Heddy
Lamarr and her pianist George Antheil.
The receiver must track the time-varying carrier
frequency, F0(t).
Relatively easy to implement (inexpensive).
Prone to jamming or interference (two transmitters at the same carrier
frequency, F0) during any single transmit interval. Hopping rates
may be ~1600 hops/second (ala Bluetooth).
Very secure modulation scheme (used in military for decades).
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Narrowband or Spread Spectrum (cont.) ?
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum uses a fixed carrier frequency, F0
but interleaves the data with a precise mathematical 0/1 data
sequence. (This increases the length of the transmitted information
vector making it longer). The information is replicated many times
throughout the bandwidth, so if one “lobe” of the information is
jammed, the remainder “gets through”. Highly robust technique.
The receiver then locks onto the carrier frequency, F0 receives the
signal and then must “undo” the interleaving.
More difficult to implement (more expensive).
Most complicated scheme (of these presented).
Most secure modulation scheme.
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DIRECT-SEQUENCE SPREAD-SPECTRUM SIGNALS
PN Clock
Local PN Clock
Carrier
Local
Carrier
PN Sequence
Generator
PN Sequence
Generator
±1
Wide
BP Filter
Data
±1
Narrow
BP Filter
Phase
Demod
±1
Power
Spectral
Density
Power
Spectral
Density
fc
Narrow spectrum at
output of modulator
before spreading
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Frequency
Data
Clock
Power
Spectral
Density
“Spread”
RFI
RFI
Frequency
Data
fc
Spectrum has wider bandwidth
and lower power density after
spreading with PN sequence
(PN Rate >> Data Rate)
Frequency
fc
Original narrowband, high
power density spectrum is
restored if local PN sequence is
same as and lined up with
received PN sequence
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Narrowband or Spread Spectrum (cont.) ?
Which is
best?
Each has its pluses and minuses…and each scheme has its share of diehard advocates and/or naysayers!
Different vendors use these
(and other) schemes at
different frequencies within
the various ISM bands.
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From a security standpoint, DSSS is best.
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Reality
DSSS
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No Matter What…Its Just an
Electromagnetic Field
E(t) = A(t) cos[wt + f(t)]
A(t): amplitude of the wave
w: radian frequency of the wave
f(t): phase of the wave
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The RF “Footprint”
Network “Size”
Personal Area Network: typical radiated power: 0 dBm, size: 10m
Local Area Network: typical radiated power: 20 dBm, size: 100m
Wide Area Network: typical radiated power: >30 dBm, size: >2000m
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There are SO many technical questions: such as…
Network Topologies?
Bus Network
Tree Network
Ring Network
Star Network
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Ad Hoc Network
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The Real World Presents the
Wireless Channel with Multipath and
Attenuation…and…
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Real World:
Multipath
The Effect
The Cause
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Real World:
Atmospheric Attenuation at 2.4 GHz
Rayleigh Fading @ 2.4GHz
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Real World:
Signal Attenuation at 2.4 GHz
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Real World:
And Signal-to-Noise Ratios really do
matter!
Anecdotal Evidence: As Frankfurt has increased the
deployment of 2.4 GHz wireless surveillance cameras,
the background Noise level has increased by 12 dB.
(This plays havoc with the BER or for fixed BER, the
overall data rate,)
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Real World:
Which Frequency is Best?
ALERT! ALERT!!
Notice that the operation at 2.45 GHz is
WORSE than at 900MHz (which is worse
than 433 MHz).
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Outline:
1. Security? Who needs it?
2. How is security achieved in a wired channel?
3. The Situation for Wireless (its RF in an industrial setting.
Spectrum, modulation, encryption, spatial…)
4. Security within various Wireless Delivery
Schemes
(cellular, WiFi, 802.15.4, Bluetooth, others…)
5. An Integrated Solution
6. The Big Review
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Wireless Data Security: Encryption, Spreading, Interleaving
Wireless networks use a variety of techniques to enhance security,
such as spreading and interleaving. These techniques can make the
signal virtually undetectable without prior knowledge about the
network. This can improve the security of the network by orders
of magnitude.
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The Wireless Market
GRAPHICS INTERNET
HI-FI
AUDIO
STREAMING
VIDEO
>
LONG
TEXT
MULTI-CHANNEL
VIDEO
RANGE
802.11b
LAN
802.11a/HL2 & 802.11g
Bluetooth 2
<
SHORT
DIGITAL
VIDEO
ZigBee
LOW
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PAN
Bluetooth1
< DATA RATE
>
HIGH
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Bluetooth vs. the Rest (cont’d)
Parameter
Technology
802.11
2.4 GHz, DSSS
11 chips/bit
Data Rate
11Mbps
Power
+20 dBm
Range
50m
Topology
128 devices
CSMA/CA
Security
Optional WEP
Voice Channel Optional
HomeRF
2.4GHz, FHSS
50 hops/s
1 Mbps
+20 dBm
50m
128 devices
CSMA/CA
Optional
Optional
Bluetooth
2.4 GHz, FHSS
1000+hops/s
1Mbps
0, +20dBm
1-10m, 50m
8 devices,
Piconet
Encryption
Yes
ZigBee (proposed)
2.4 GHz,DSSS
15 chips/bit
40 kbits/s
0dBm
100m
100s devices,
CSMA/CA
Not yet
No
Bluetooth – aka IEEE 802.15.1
ZigBee – aka IEEE 802.15.4
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Side by Side
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802.11?
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The Worldwide View of the 802.11 Spectral
Space
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Radiated Field from a single AP
(Kansas City)
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20dB Attenuation Profile for Univ of Kansas
Eng Bldg., Mesh and AP deployments
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WEP
(encrypted traffic)
• The industry’s solution: WEP
(Wired Equivalent Privacy)
– Share a single cryptographic key among all devices
– Encrypt all packets sent over the air, using the shared key
– Use a checksum to prevent injection of spoofed packets
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Early History of WEP
1997
Mar 2000
802.11 WEP standard released
Simon, Aboba, Moore: some weaknesses
Walker: Unsafe at any key size
Oct 2000
Jan 30, 2001
Feb 5, 2001
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NY Times, WSJ break the story
Borisov, Goldberg, Wagner:
7 serious attacks on WEP
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Subsequent Events
Jan 2001
Borisov, Goldberg, Wagner
Mar 2001
Arbaugh: Your 802.11 network
has no clothes
Arbaugh: more attacks …
May 2001
Jun 2001
Aug 2001
Newsham: dictionary attacks on WEP keys
Fluhrer, Mantin, Shamir: efficient attack on way WEP uses RC4
Arbaugh, Mishra: still more attacks
Feb 2002
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WEP Attack Tools
• Downloadable procedures from the Internet
– To crack the Key:
• AirSnort
– http://airsnort.sourceforge.net
• WEPCrack
– http://sourceforge.net/projects/wepcrack/
– To brute force enter into WLAN,
• THC-RUT
– http://www.thehackerschoice.com/releases.php
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Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
– Flaws in WEP known since January 2001 - flaws include weak
encryption, (keys no longer than 40 bits), static encryption keys, lack
of key distribution method.
– IEEE developing 802.11i standard for enhanced wireless security Addresses weak data encryption and user authentication within
existing 802.11 standard.
– 802.11i standard will not be ratified until late 2003, possibly early
2004 - outstanding issues.
– WPA standard joint effort between Wi-Fi Alliance and IEEE - WPA a
subset of IEEE 802.11i standard (Draft 3.0).
•WPA provides stronger data encryption (weak in WEP) and user
authentication (largely missing in WEP).
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WPA – Data Encryption
– WPA uses Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) - stronger
data encryption, addresses known vulnerabilities in WEP.
•TKIP chosen as primary encryption cipher suite Easily deployed and supported in legacy 802.11b
hardware compared to other available cipher suites.
– TKIP based on RC4 stream cipher algorithm, surrounds WEP
cipher engine with 4 new algorithms,
1. Extended 48-bit Initialization Vector (IV) and IV sequencing rules
(compared to the shorter 24-bit WEP RC4 key).
2. New per-packet key mixing function.
3. Derivation and distribution method - a.k.a. re-keying.
4. A message integrity check (MIC) - a.k.a. ‘Michael’, ensures messages
haven’t been tampered with during transmission.
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WPA – Data Encryption, cont’d
• the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol.
Temporal Key
TA
Phase 1
key mixing
Phase 2
key mixing
TTAK Key
TSC
WEP seed(s)
(represented as
WEP IV + RC4
key)
MIC Key
SA + DA +
Plaintext MSDU
Data
MIC
•DA – Destination Address
•ICV– Integrity Check Value
•MPDU – Message Protocol Data Unit
•MSDU – MAC Service Data Unit
•RSN – Robust Security Network
•SA – Source Address
•TA – Transmitter Address
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Plaintext
MSDU +
MIC
Fragment(s)
Plaintext
MPDU(s)
WEP
Encapsulation
Ciphertext
MPDU(s)
TKIP – Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
TSC – TKIP Sequence Counter
TTAK– result of phase 1 key mixing of Temporal Key
and Transmitter Address
WEP – Wired Equivalent Privacy
WEP IV – Wired Equivalent Privacy Initialization Vector
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WPA – Data Encryption, cont’d
– TKIP implements countermeasures - reduces rate which attacker can
make message forgery attempts down to two packets every 60
seconds.
– After 60 second timeout new PMK or Groupwise Key generated,
depending on which attacked – ensures attacker cannot obtain
information from attacked key.
– Countermeasures bound probability of successful forgery and amount
of information attacker can learn about a key.
– TKIP is made available as firmware or software upgrade to existing
legacy hardware.
•TKIP eliminates having to replace existing hardware or having to
purchase new hardware.
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Bluetooth?
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BlueTooth- Some Specifications
• Uses unlicensed 2.402 - 2.480 GHz frequency range
• Frequency hopping spread spectrum 79 hops
separated by 1 MHz
• Maximum frequency hopping rate: 1600 hops/sec
• Nominal range: 10 cm to 10 meters
• Nominal antenna power: 0 dBm
• One complete Bluetooth data packet can be
transmitted within each 625 msec hop slot.
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Potential Bluetooth Markets
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Bluetooth Market Forecast
Nov’03: 100M Bluetooth compliant devices worldwide
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Bluetooth Protocol Stack
• Adopted Protocols
– PPP(Point-To-Point Protocol)
– TCP/UDP/IP
– OBEX-Session Protocol for IrDA(Infrared Data
Association)
– Contents Fromat(e.g. vCard, vCalendar)
– WAP-Wireless Application Protocol
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Bluetooth Security
• Supports Unidirectional or Mutual Encryption based
on a Secret Link key Shared Between Two Devices
• Security Defined In 3 modes:
– Mode1- No Security
– Mode 2 - Service Level Security: Not Established
Before Channel is Established at L2CAP
– Mode 3 - Link Level Security: Device Initiates
Security Before LMP Link is Setup
• Devices and Services can be Set for Different Levels of Security
– Two Trust Levels are Set for Devices
• Trusted Device: Fixed Relationship and Unrestricted
Access to All Services
• Untrusted: No Permanent relationship and Restricted
Services
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Bluetooth Security
• Devices and Services can be Set for Different Levels
of Security
– Two Trust Levels are Set for Devices
• Trusted Device: Fixed Relationship and
Unrestricted Access to All Services
• Untrusted: No Permanent relationship and
Restricted Services
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Bluetooth Security
• 3 Levels of Service Access
– Require Authorization and Authenication
– Require Authentication Only
– Default Security for Legacy Applications
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But is this Wireless Link Secure?
Newsflash: Jan 2001: Norwegian “hackers” crack a
Bluetooth transmission
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Analysis of a BlueTooth Transmission
High overhead?
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802.15.4/Zigbee?
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IEEE 802.15.4 standard
• Includes layers up to and including Link Layer Control
– LLC is standardized in 802.1
• Supports multiple network topologies including Star, Cluster Tree and
• Features
of the MAC:
Mesh
ZigBee Application Framework
Association/dissociation, ACK,
frame delivery, channel access
Networking App Layer (NWK)
mechanism, frame validation,
Data Link Controller (DLC)
guaranteed time slot management,
IEEE 802.2
beacon management, channel scan IEEE 802.15.4 LLC LLC,
Type I
• Low complexity: 26 primitives
IEEE 802.15.4 MAC
versus 131 primitives for
IEEE 802.15.4
IEEE 802.15.4
868/915 MHz PHY
2400 MHz PHY
802.15.1 (Bluetooth)
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PHY overview
• Speed
– 20, 40 or 250 kbps
• Channels
– 1 channel in the 868MHz band
– 10 channels in the 915MHz band
– 16 channels in the 2.4GHz band
• Modulation
– BPSK (868MHz/20kbs)
– BPSK (915MHz/40kbps)
– O-QPSK (2.4GHz/250kbps)
• Coexistence w/
– 802.11b DSSS
– 802.15.1 FHSS
– 802.15.3 DSSS
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MAC overview
• Security support
• Power consumption
consideration
• Dynamic channel
selection
• Network topology
–Star topology
– p2p topology
– cluster-tree network
topology
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Device classification
• Full Function Device (FFD)
– Any topology
– Can talk to RFDs or other FFDs
– Operate in three modes
• PAN coordinator
• Coordinator
• Device.
• Reduced Function Device (RFD)
– Limited to star topology
– Can only talk to an FFD
(coordinator)
– Cannot become a coordinator
– Unnecessary to send large
amounts of data
– Extremely simple
– Can be implemented using
minimal resources and memory
capacity
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Transmission management
• Acknowledgement
–No ACK
–ACK
–Retransmission
–Duplicate detection
• Indirect transmission
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Security
• Unsecured mode
• ACL mode
– Access control
• Secured mode
– Access control
–Data encryption
– Frame integrity
– Sequential freshness
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Scalable Security
• Assume the attacker can deploy own nodes (can
create a “ring” at some distance from
controller)[Wisenet 2003]
• Enemy nodes “mimick” the mesh nodes; they
ACK the “health inquiry” as if everything was OK
– but they do not forward to the rest of the net
• The rest of the network is virtually cut off from
inspection by controller
• Need secure key and a random seed that changes
at each round
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What About:
1451.5?
1xRTT?
SAT?
CDPD?
Others?
No time this morning!
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Outline:
1. Security? Who needs it?
2. How is security achieved in a wired channel?
3. The Situation for Wireless (its RF in an industrial setting.
Spectrum, modulation, encryption, spatial…)
4. Security within various Wireless Delivery Schemes
(cellular, WiFi, 802.15.4, Bluetooth, others…)
5. An Integrated Solution
6. The Big Review
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There are SO many technical questions: such as…
Integrated Industrial Networks?
If the sensor network is to integrate into an industrial setting, then you
should be cognizant of the Industrial Networking arena.
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Industrial Device Network Topology
•
Typically, three layers of networking make up enterprisewide networks. Ethernet
acts as the company's intranet backbone, and it's linked to controllers or
industrial PCs, which supply strategic data to the enterprise. An industrial
network, or fieldbus, links sensors and smart devices. A gateway (not uncommon
in a large system with lots of devices) links devices that have only RS-232 or RS485 ports to the fieldbus system.
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Industrial Device Networks
• General characteristics for industrial device
networks have arisen.
•
Obviously the complexity of the network increases as the
functionality is increased.
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Classification of Industrial
Networks
• Three logical groupings of instrumentation
networks used in an industrial setting.
• There are over 100 different proprietary
networks in the field.
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Inside Security Incident
• Employee attacks PLC in another plant area
over PLC highway.
• Password changed to obscenity, blocking
legitimate maintenance and forcing process
shutdown.
Plant Highway
Disgruntled
Employee
PLC
Steam Plant
PLC
PLC
PLC
Paper Plant
* Source: BCIT Industrial Security Incident Database (ISID)
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Network Positioning
Data
+
+
+
-
Ethernet TCP/IP
Functionality
DeviceNet
Other CAN
SDS
Complexity
ControlNet
Foundation Fieldbus H2
Profibus-FMS
Profibus-DP
Data Highway+
Interbus-S
Modbus Plus
Remote I/O
Fieldbus H1
Profibus-PA
Modbus
HART
-
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ASi, Seriplex,
Hardwiring, RS485 etc.
Cost
+
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Too Focused on Internet Issues?
• Myth #1: Our SCADA/PLC/DCS is safe if
we don’t connect to the Internet.
• Myth #2: Our Internet firewall will protect
our control systems.
• Myth #3: Our IT department understands
process control issues and security.
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Is Industrial Comm Security Too
Focused on Internet Issues?
Enterprise
Resource Planning
Manufacturing Logistics
Internet
Production
Planning
Firewall
Remote
Engineering
Enterprise Network
Production Networks
Ethernet
Programming Stations
PLC
SCAD
A
Control
Network
Process
Historian
WarDialing
Attack
PLC
Modem
Handheld
Operator
Terminal
802.11
WLAN
OEM
Field Devices
Source (used by permission): Interface Technologies, Windsor, CT, 2002
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Outline:
1. Security? Who needs it?
2. How is security achieved in a wired channel?
3. The Situation for Wireless (its RF in an industrial setting.
Spectrum, modulation, encryption, spatial…)
4. Security within various Wireless Delivery Schemes
(cellular, WiFi, 802.15.4, Bluetooth, others…)
5. An Integrated Solution
6. The Big Review
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Bit Rate vs. Quality of Service
How Many
Bits are
Needed?
The more bits
you xmit,
the more
power you
consume!
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Coding vs. Quality of Service
Is Coding
Really
Necessary?
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Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
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Comparing Wireless
Tech.
Range
DSSS
Battery
life
Numbers
In Area
Medium Low
longest
High
FHSS
Long
Short
Medium
UWB
Medium Lowest
short
High
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Power
High
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Technology Beats Marketing in
Performance!
Technology versus Attributes
Summary Chart
DSSS
FHSS
UWB
Attribute
Long Range
NA
Plug-and-Play
DSSS
Long Battery life FHSS
Low RFI risk
DSSS
Self Locating
DSSS
Secure
UWB
High throughput
UWB
non line-of-sight
UWB
robust connections DSSS
low cost
FHSS
small size
FHSS
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TDMA
FDMA
NA
CDMA
FDMA
NA
CDMA
CDMA
NA
NA
CDMA
FDMA
TDMA
Technology
Low
Mobile
Power Ad Hoc
Designs Networks
NA
yes
NA
NA
yes
NA
yes
yes
NA
NA
yes
NA
NA
NA
NA
yes
NA
yes
yes
NA
yes
NA
Power
Harvesting
NA
NA
yes
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Embedded
Intelligence Diversity
NA
yes
NA
NA
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
NA
yes
NA
yes
NA
NA
NA
NA
FEC
yes
NA
yes
NA
NA
NA
yes
NA
yes
NA
NA
BPSK
Open
QPSK
Standards M-ary
NA
NA
yes
NA
NA
M-ary
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
M-ary
NA
NA
NA
BPSK
yes
BPSK
NA
BPSK
900MHz
2.4GHz
5.8GHz
900MHz
NA
900MHz
5.8GHz
5.8GHz
5.8GHz
5.8GHz
900MHz
5.8GHz
900MHz
5.8GHz
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Statistics on Types of Attacks
Denial of Service
Laptop Theft
Active Wiretap
Telecom Fraud
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Unauthorized Insider Access
Virus
Finacial Fraud
Insider Abuse of Net Access
System Penetration
Telecom Evesdropping
Sabotage
Theft of Propriety Info
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
% of Respondents
*Source: “2002 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey” Computer Security
Institute - www.gocsi.com/losses.
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Optimization of Security vs. Cost
• Risk reduction is balanced against the cost of
security counter measures to mitigate the risk.
Optimal Level of Security
at Minimum Cost
Cost ($)
Cost of Security
Countermeasures
Cost of Security
Breaches
Security Level
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Risk in Safety vs. Risk in Security
• Safety Definition: “Risk is a measure of
human injury, environmental damage, or
economic loss in terms of both the incident
likelihood and the magnitude of the loss or
injury.”
• Security Definition: “Risk is an expression of
the likelihood that a defined threat will exploit
a specific vulnerability of a particular
attractive target or combination of targets to
cause a given set of consequences.”
*Source: CSPP Guidelines For Analyzing And Managing The Security
Vulnerabilities Of Fixed Chemical Sites
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Firewall Architectures
• The external router blocks attempts to use the
underlying IP layer to break security (e.g. IP
spoofing, source routing, packet fragments, etc) and
forces all traffic to the proxy.
• The proxy firewall handles potential security holes in
the higher layer protocols.
• The internal router blocks all traffic except to the
proxy server.
Internet
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Router


Internal
Router
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There’s lot of “Wireless”
• From cellphones to PDAs to WiFi to
Satellite-based
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Wireless LAN Standards
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Existing/Developing
IEEE 802.11 Standards
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
802.11802.11a –
802.11b –
802.11e –
802.11f –
802.11g –
802.11h –
802.11i –
802.1x –
802.15 –
802.16 –
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Frequency Hopping/DSSS
54Mbps / HyperLAN
(1999) 11Mbps
Quality of Service
Point 2 Point Roaming
(2003) 54Mbps
European Inspired Changes
(Q2,2004) New Encryption Protocols
(Q2,2004) Port Based Network Access
Personal Area Network (WPAN)
Wireless Metropolitan Area Network (WMAN)
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Wireless Backbone for Inflight “Entertainment”
On-Board Network Integration
PicoCell
BTS
PicoCell
BTS
6 MCU
GSM SERVER
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Floor
Lifter
SDU
…and we haven’t even touched on RFID!
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There’s lot of “Wireless”
• And it all needs to feel more Secure!
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For a real review of networking
security…
• Take Eric Byrnes ISA course IC32C…
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Will History Repeat?
Cellular networks
wireless security: not just 802.11
1980 analog cellphones: AMPS
analog cloning, scanners
fraud pervasive & costly
digital: TDMA, GSM
wireless networks
1999 802.11, WEP
1990
TDMA eavesdropping [Bar]
more TDMA flaws [WSK]
GSM cloneable [BGW]
GSM eavesdropping
[BSW,BGW]
2000
Future: 3rd gen.: 3GPP, …
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2000
2001
2002
WEP broken [BGW]
WEP badly broken [FMS]
 attacks pervasive
Proprietary systems
2002
1451, 802.15.4, TinyOS
2003 WPA
Future: 802.11i
2003
Future: ???
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PATRIOT Act
• PATRIOT (Provide Appropriate Tools
Required to Intercept and Obstruct
Terrorism)
• Legally classifies many hacking attacks
as acts of terrorism
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So… If Nothing else, at least
PLEASE do this for your WiFi
System!
WLAN Security Countermeasures
• Conduct site survey
•
•
•
•
Identify areas of signal strength and weakness
Do a “walkaround” with NetStumbler
Document and shut down rogue access points
Document and shut down unauthorized wireless
NICs
• AND TURN ON SOME LEVEL OF THE
PROVIDED PROTECTION!
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Oh…
And don’t forget that as you layer in all of
these wacky encryption schemes and
CDMA and DSSS and…and… that it takes
some joules to actually implement this. So
if your wireless network has primepower
(a.k.a. AC) you’re ok. But if you’re going
off a battery then it’s a tradeoff of security
versus Power Consumption  You
Choose that one!
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...and in the end...
BumbleBee with RF xcvr
...or...
HoneyBee with RFID
Two potential forms of wireless sensor networks.
And they should both be secure!
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Outline:
1. Security? Who needs it?
2. How is security achieved in a wired channel?
3. The Situation for Wireless (its RF in an industrial setting.
Spectrum, modulation, encryption, spatial…)
4. Security within various Wireless Delivery Schemes
(cellular, WiFi, 802.15.4, Bluetooth, others…)
5. An Integrated Solution
6. The Big Review
7. Glossary and References
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Glossary
10BASE-T: IEEE 802.3 standard for a twisted-pair Ethernet network. 10 Mbps transmission rate over baseband using unshielded, twistedpair cable.
802.11: The IEEE 802.11 standard defines both frequency hopping and direct sequence spread spectrum solutions for use in the 2.4-2.5 MHz
ISM (Industrial, Scientific, Medical) band.
802.11a: The Global System for Mobile Communications standard for worldwide wireless communications on wide area networks (WANs).
802.11b: The portion of the 802.11 specification that defines the 11 Mbps data rate.
A
Access Point: Provides a bridge between Ethernet wired LANs and the wireless network. Access points are the connectivity point between
Ethernet wired networks and devices (laptops, hand-held computers, point-of-sale terminals) equipped with a wireless LAN adapter card.
Analog phone: Comes from the word "analogous," which means similar to. In telephone transmission, the signal being transmitted from the
phone—voice, video or image—is analogous to the original signal.
Antenna-Directional: Transmits and receives radio waves off the front of the antenna. The power behind and to the sides of the antenna is
reduced. The coverage area is oval with the antenna at one of the narrow ends. Typical directional antenna beam width angles are from 90°
(somewhat directional) to as little as 20°(very directional). A directional antenna directs power to concentrate the coverage pattern in a
particular direction. The antenna direction is specified by the angle of the coverage pattern called the beam width.
Antenna-Omni-directional: Transmits and receives radio waves in all directions. The coverage area is circular with the antenna at the center.
Omni-directional antennas are also referred to as whip or low-profile antennas.
Association: The process of determining the viability of the wireless connection and establishing a wireless network's root and designated
access points. A mobile unit associates with its wireless network as soon as it is powered on or moves into range.
ATM: Asynchronous Transfer Mode. A type of high-speed wide area network.
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Glossary
B
Backbone: A network that interconnects other networks, employing high-speed transmission paths and often spanning a large geographic
area.
Bandwidth: The range of frequencies, expressed in hertz (Hz), that can pass over a given transmission channel. The bandwidth determines
the rate at which information can be transmitted through the circuit.
Bandwidth Management: Functionality that allocates and manages RF traffic by preventing unwanted frames from being processed by the
access point.
BC/MC: Broadcast frames; Multicast frames
Beacon: A uniframe system packet broadcast by the AP to keep the network synchronized. A beacon Includes the Net_ID (ESSID), the AP
address, the Broadcast destination addresses, a time stamp, a DTIM (Delivery Traffic Indicator Maps) and the TIM (Traffic Indicator
Message).
BFA Antenna Connector: Miniature coaxial antenna connector manufactured by MuRata Manufacturing Corporation.
Bluetooth: See Wireless Personal Area Networks.
Bridge: A device that connects two LANs of the same or dissimilar types. It operates at the Data Link Layer, as opposed to routers. The
bridge provides fast connection of two collocated LAN segments that appear as one logical network through the bridge.
Buffer: A segment of computer memory used to hold data while it is being processed.
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C
Glossary
CAM: Continuously Aware Mode: Mode in which the adapter is instructed to continually check for network activity.
Card and Socket Services: Packages that work with the host computer operating system, enabling the Wireless LAN adapter to interface with
host computer configuration and power management functions.
Cellular Phone: Low-powered, duplex, radio/telephone that operates between 800 and 900 MHz, using multiple transceiver sites linked to a
central computer for coordination. The sites, or "cells," cover a range of one to six or more miles in each direction.
Centrex: Business telephone service offered by a local telephone company from a local telephone company office. Centrex is basically a single
line phone system leased to businesses as a substitute for a business that is buying or leasing its own on-premises phone system or PBX.
CDMA and TDMA: The Code Division Multiple Access and Time Division Multiple Access standard for wireless communications on wide
area networks (WANs) in North America.
Circuit switching: The process of setting up and keeping a circuit open between two or more users so that users have exclusive and full use of
the circuit until the connection is released.
Client: A computer that accesses the resources of a server.
Client/Server: A network system design in which a processor or computer designated as a server (such as a file server or database server)
provides services to other client processors or computers.
CODEC: Coder-Decoder. Audio compression/decompression algorithm that is designed to offer excellent audio performance. Converts voice
signals from their analog form to digital signals acceptable to modern digital PBXs and digital transmission systems. It then converts those
digital signals back to analog so that you may hear and understand what the other person is saying.
Computer Telephony Integration: Technology that integrates computer intelligence with making, receiving, and managing telephone calls.
Computer telephony integrates messaging, real-time connectivity, and transaction processing and information access.
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Glossary
D
Data Terminal: Computer transmit and receive equipment, including a wide variety of dumb terminals or terminals without embedded
intelligence in the form of programmed logic. Most data terminals provide a user interface to a more capable host computer, such as a
mainframe or midrange computer.
Decryption: Decryption is the decoding and unscrambling of received encrypted data. The same device, host computer or front-end
processor, usually performs both encryption and decryption.
Desktop Conferencing: A telecommunications facility or service on a PC that permits callers from several diverse locations to be connected
together for a conference call.
Digital Phone System: Proprietary phone system provided by a vendor, such as AT&T, Mitel, Northern Telecom, and so on. The signal being
transmitted in a digital phone system is the same as the signal being transmitted in an analog phone system. The system can consist of a
proprietary PBX system that converts voice signals from their analog form to digital signals, and then converts those digital signals back to
analog. Alternatively, the conversion from analog-to-digital can occur in a digital phone.
Direct Inward Dialing: DID. The ability for a caller outside a company to call an internal extension without having to pass through an
operator or attendant. In large PBX systems, the dialed digits are passed from the PSTN to the PBX, which then completes the call.
Direct-Sequence (DS) Spread Spectrum: Direct sequence transmits data by generating a redundant bit pattern for each bit of information
sent. Commonly referred to as a "chip" or "chipping code," this bit pattern numbers 10 chips to one per bit of information. Compared with
frequency hopping, direct sequence has higher throughput, wider range and is upgradable in the 2.4GHz band.
Diversity Reception: The use of two antennas attached to a single access point to improve radio reception. The second antenna is used only
for receiving radio signals, while the primary is used for both transmitting and receiving.
Driver: A program routine that links a peripheral device, such as a mobile unit's radio card, to the computer system.
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Glossary
Element-level Management: Level of technologies aimed at small or medium-sized businesses.
Encryption: Entails scrambling and coding information, typically with mathematical formulas called algorithms, before the information is transmitted over a network.
Ethernet: A local area network used for connecting computers, printers, workstations, terminals, servers, and so on, within the same building or campus. Ethernet
operates over twisted wire and over coaxial cable at speeds up to 100 Mbps, with 1 Gbps speeds coming soon.
Filtering: Prevents user-defined frames from being processed by the access point.
Fragmentation Threshold: The maximum size for directed data packets transmitted over the radio. Larger frames fragment into several packets this size or smaller before
transmission over the radio. The receiving station reassembles the transmitted fragments.
Frame Mode: A communications protocol supported by the OEM Modules. The frame protocol implements asynchronous serial Point-to-Point (PPP) frames similar to
those used by serial Internet protocols.
Frequency Hopping (FH) Spread Spectrum: Hedy Lamarr, the actress, is credited in name only for inventing frequency hopping during World War II. As its label
suggests, frequency hopping transmits using a narrowband carrier that changes frequency in a given pattern. There are 79 channels in a 2.4GHz ISM band, each channel
occupying 1MHz of bandwidth. A minimum hop rate of 2.5 hops per channel per second is required in the United States. Frequency hopping technology is recognized as
superior to direct sequence in terms of echo resistance, interference immunity, cost and ease-of-installation. To date, there has also been a greater selection of WLAN
products from which to chose.
FTP (File Transfer Protocol): A common Internet protocol used for transferring files from a server to the Internet user. It uses TCP/IP commands.
Gain, dBi: Antenna gain, expressed in decibels referenced to a half wave dipole.
Gain, dBi: Antenna gain, expressed in decibels referenced to a theoretical isotropic radiator.
Gain, dBic: Antenna gain, expressed in decibels referenced to a theoretical isotropic radiator that is circularly polarized.
Gatekeeper: Software that performs two important functions to maintain the robustness of the network: address translation and bandwidth management. Gatekeepers map
LAN aliases to IP addresses and provide address lookups when needed.
Gateway: Optional element in an H.323 conference. Gateways bridge H.323 conferences to other networks, communications protocols, and multimedia formats.
Gateways are not required if connections to other networks or non-H.323 compliant terminals are not needed.
GHz: International unit for measuring frequency is Hertz (Hz), which is equivalent to the older unit of cycles per second. One Gigahertz (GHz) is one billion Hertz.
Microwave ovens typically operate at 2.45 GHz.
GSM: The Global System for Mobile Communications standard for worldwide wireless communications on wide area networks (WANs).
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H.323: An umbrella standard from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) that addresses call control, multimedia management, and bandwidth management
for point-to-point and multi-point conferences, as well as interfaces between LANs and other networks. The most popular standard currently in use.
Handheld PC (HPC): The term adopted by Microsoft and its supporters to describe handheld computers employing Microsoft's Windows CE operating system.
Interactive Voice Response: System used to access a database access application using a telephone. The voice processing acts as a front-end to appropriate databases that
reside on general purpose computers. For instance, DTMF (touch tone) input of a Personal Identification Number can be required for access or more unusual and
expensive techniques such as voice recognition and voice print matching.
Internet: World's largest network, often referred to as the Information Superhighway. The Internet is a virtual network based on packet switching technology. The
participants on the Internet and its topology change on a daily basis.
Internet Commerce: Electronic business transactions that occur over the Internet. Samples of Internet commerce applications include electronic banking, airline
reservation systems, and Internet malls.
Internet Phone: Device used to transmit voice over the Internet, bypassing the traditional PSTN and saving money in the process. An Internet phone can be a small phone
(such as the NetVision Phone) or a multimedia PC with a microphone, speaker, and modem.
Interoperability: The ability of equipment or software to operate properly in a mixed environment of hardware and software, from different vendors. Enabled by the
IEEE 802.11 open standard.
IP (Internet Protocol): The Internet standard protocol that defines the Internet datagram as the unit of information passed across the Internet. Provides the basis of the
Internet connection-less- best-effort packet delivery service. The Internet protocol suite is often referred to as TCP/IP because IP is one of the two fundamental protocols.
International Roaming: Ability to use one adapter worldwide.
Intranet: A private network that uses Internet software and Internet standards. In essence, an intranet is a private Internet reserved for use by people who have been given
the authority and passwords necessary to use that network.
ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network. Emerging network technology offered by local phone companies that is designed for digital communications, computer
telephony, and voice processing systems.
ISM Band: ISM bands--instrumental (902-928MHz), science (2.4-2.4835GHz), and medical (5.725-5.850GHz)--are the radio frequency bands allocated by the FCC for
unlicensed continuous operations for up to 1W. The most recent band approved by the FCC for WLANs was the medical band in January 1997.
ITU: International Telecommunications Union. Standards body that defined H.323 and other international standards.
Jitter: Noise on a communications line which is based on phase hits, causing potential phase distortions and bit errors..
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Kerberos: A widely deployed security protocol that was developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to authenticate users and clients in a wired
network environment and to securely distribute encryption keys.
Key Telephone System: A system in which the telephone has multiple buttons permitting the user to directly select central office phone lines and intercom lines. Key
phone systems are most often found in relatively small business environments, typically around 50 telephones.
Layer: A protocol that interacts with other protocols as part of an overall transmission system.
LPD (Line Printer Daemon): A TCP-based protocol typically used between a Unix server and a printer driver. Data is received from the network connection and sent out
over the serial port.
MAC (Media Access Control): Part of the Data Link Layer, as defined by the IEEE, this sublayer contains protocols for gaining orderly access to cable or wireless
media.
MD5 Encryption: An authentication methodology when MU is in foreign subnet.
MIB (Management Information Base): An SNMP structure that describes the specific device being monitored by the remote-monitoring program.
Microcell: A bounded physical space in which a number of wireless devices can communicate. Because it is possible to have overlapping cells as well as isolated cells,
the boundaries of the cell are established by some rule or convention.
Modem: Equipment that converts digital signals to analog signals and vice versa. Modems are used to send digital data signals over the analog PSTN.
MMCX Antenna Connector: Miniature coaxial antenna connector in use by several major wireless vendors.
Mobile IP: The ability of the mobile unit to communicate with the other host using only its home IP address, after changing its point of attachment to the Internet and
intranet.
Mobile Unit (MU): May be a Symbol Spectrum24 terminal, PC Card and PCI adapter, bar-code scanner, third-party device, and other
Mobile Unit Mode: In this mode, the WLAN adapter connects to an access point (AP) or another WLAN installed system, allowing the device to roam freely between
AP cells in the network. Mobile units appear as network nodes to other devices.
Modulation: Any of several techniques for combining user information with a transmitter's carrier signal.
Multipath: The signal variation caused when radio signals take multiple paths from transmitter to receiver.
Multipath Fading: A type of fading caused by signals taking different paths from the transmitter to the receiver and, consequently, interfering with each other.
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Node: A network junction such as a switch or a routing center.
Glossary
Packet Switching: Refers to sending data in packets through a network to some remote location. In a packet switched network, no circuit is left open on a dedicated basis.
Packet switching is a data switching technique only.
PBX Phone System: Private Branch eXchange. Small version of the phone company's larger central switching office. An alternative to a PBX is to subscribe to a local
telephone company's Centrex service.
PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association) PC Card: A credit card-size device used in laptop computers and available as removable network
adapters.
PCS (Personal Communications Service): A new, lower powered, higher-frequency competitive technology to cellular. Whereas cellular typically operates in the 800900 MHz range, PCS operates in the 1.5 to 1.8 GHz range. The idea with PCS is that the phone are cheaper, have less range, and are digital. The cells are smaller and
closer together, and airtime is cheaper.
Peer-to-peer Network: A network design in which each computer shares and uses devices on an equal basis.
Ping: A troubleshooting TCP/IP application that sends out a test message to a network device to measure the response time.
PLD (Data Link Protocol): A raw packet protocol based on the Ethernet frame format. All frames are sent to the wireless network verbatim--should be used with care as
improperly formatted data can go through with undesirable consequences.
Plug and Play: A feature that allows a computer to recognize the PCI adapter and configure the hardware interrupt, memory, and device recognition addresses; requires
less user interaction and minimizes hardware conflicts.
Pocket PC: The term adopted by Microsoft and its supporters to describe handheld computers employing Microsoft's Pocket PC operating system.
Point-of-Sale Device: A special type of equipment that is used to collect and store retail sales data. This device may be connected to a bar code reader and it may query a
central computer for the current price of that item.
POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service): The basic service supplying standard single line telephones, telephone lines, and access to the public switched telephone network.
Power Management: Algorithms that allow the adapter to sleep between checking for network activity, thus conserving power.
PSP (Power Save Polling): stations power off their radios for long periods. When a mobile unit in PSP mode associates with an access point, it notifies the AP of its
activity status. The AP responds by buffering packets received for the MU.
PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network): Refers to the worldwide voice telephone network accessible to all those with telephones and access privileges. In the U.S.,
the PSTN is provided by AT&T.
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QoS (Quality of Service): Measure of the telephone service quality provided to a subscriber. QoS refers to things like: Is the call easy to hear? Is it clear? Is it loud
enough?
RBOC (Regional Bell Operating Company): One of the seven Bell operating companies set up after the divestiture of AT&T, each of which own two or more Bell
Operating Companies (BOCs).
Roaming: Movement of a wireless node between two microcells. Roaming usually occurs in infrastructure networks built around multiple access points.
Repeater: A device used to extend cabling distances by regenerating signals.
Router: The main device in any modern network that routes data blocks from source to destination using routing tables and determining the best path dynamically. It
functions as an addressable entity on the LAN and is the basic building block of the Internet.
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol): The network management protocol of choice for TCP/IP based intranets. Defines the method for obtaining information
about network operating characteristics, change parameters for routers and gateways.
Scanning: A periodic process where the mobile unit sends out probe messages on all frequencies defined by the country code. The statistics enable a mobile unit to reassociate by synchronizing its frequency to the AP. The MU continues communicating with that access point until it needs to switch cells or roam.
Site Survey: Physical environment survey to determine the placement of access points and antennas, as well as the number of devices necessary to provide optimal
coverage, in a new or expanding installation.
Spread Spectrum: A transmission technique developed by the U.S. military in World War II to provide secure voice communications, spread spectrum is the most
commonly used WLAN technology today. It provides security by "spreading" the signal over a range of frequencies. The signal is manipulated in the transmitter so that
the bandwidth becomes wider than the actual information bandwidth. De-spreading the signal is impossible for those not aware of the spreading parameters; to them, the
signal sounds like background noise. Interference from narrowband signals is also minimized to background noise when it is de-spread by the receiver. Two types of
spread spectrum exist: direct sequence and frequency hopping.
Stream Mode: A communications protocol supported only by the Telnet and TCP protocols. Stream mode transfers serial characters as they are received by encapsulating
them in a packet and sending them to the host.
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Glossary
T1: A type of dedicated digital leased-line available from a public telephone provider with a capacity of 1.544 Mbps. A T1 line can normally handle 24 voice
conversations, each one digitized at 64 Kbps. With more advanced digital voice encoding techniques, it can handle more voice channels. T1 is the standard for digital
transmission in the U.S. Canada, Hong Kong, and Japan.
TCP/IP: Networking protocol that provides communication across interconnected networks, between computers with diverse hardware architectures, and various
operating systems. TCP/IP is used in the industry to refer to the family of common Internet protocols.
TCP (Transport Communication Protocol): Controls the transfer of data from one client to one host, providing the mechanism for connection maintenance, flow control,
retries, and time-outs.
Telnet (Terminal Emulation Protocol): A protocol that uses the TCP/IP networking protocol as a reliable transport mechanism. Considered extremely stable.
Terminal: An endpoint, which provides for real-time, two-way communications with another terminal, gateway, or mobile unit.
Token Ring: A ring type of local area network (LAN) in which a supervisory frame, or token, must be received by an attached terminal or workstation before that
terminal or workstation can start transmitting. Token ring is the technique used by IBM and others.
UDP (User Datagram Protocol): UDP/IP is a connection-less protocol that describes how messages reach application programs running in the destination machine;
provides low overhead and fast response and is well suited for high-bandwidth applications.
Video Conferencing: Video and audio communication between two or more people via a video CODEC (coder/decoder) at either end and linked by digital circuits.
Voice Mail System: Device or system that records, stores, and retrieves voice messages. The two types of voice mail devices are those which are "stand alone" and those
which offer some integration with the user's phone system.
Wi-Fi: A logo granted as the "seal of interoperability" by the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA). Only select wireless networking products possess this
characteristic of IEEE802.11b.
Wireless AP Support: Access Point functions as a bridge to connect two Ethernet LANs.
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Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN): A wireless LAN is a data communications system providing wireless peer-to-peer (PC-to-PC, PC-to-hub, or printer-to-hub) and
point-to-point (LAN-to-LAN) connectivity within a building or campus. In place of TP or coaxial wires or optical fiber as used in a conventional LAN, WLANs transmit
and receive data over electromagnetic waves. WLANs perform traditional network communications functions such as file transfer, peripheral sharing, e-mail, and
database access as well as augmenting wired LANs. WLANs must include NICs (adapters) and access points (in-building bridges), and for campus communications
building-to-building (LAN-LAN) bridges.
Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN): Personal area networks are based on a global specification called Bluetooth which uses radio frequency to transmit voice and
data. Over a short range, this cable-replacement technology wirelessly and transparently synchronizes data across devices and creates access to networks and the Internet.
Bluetooth is ideal for mobile professionals who need to link notebook computers, mobile phones, PDAs, PIMs, and other hand-held devices to do business at home, on
the road, and in the office.
Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN): Wide area networks utilize digital mobile phone systems to access data and information from any location in the range of a cell
tower connected to a data-enabled network. Using the mobile phone as a modem, a mobile computing device such as a notebook computer, PDA, or a device with a
stand-alone radio card, can receive and send information from a network, your corporate intranet, or the Internet.
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