Poster: Proximity Detection with Single-Antenna IoT Devices
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Timothy J. Pierson, Travis Peters, Ronald Peterson, and David Kotz. Poster: Proximity Detection with Single-Antenna IoT Devices. Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom), pages 663–665. ACM, October 2018. doi:10.1145/3241539.3267751. ©Copyright ACM. Best poster award. Later revised as pierson:snap.Abstract:
Close physical proximity among wireless devices that have never shared a secret key is sometimes used as a basis of trust. In these cases, devices in close proximity are deemed trustworthy while more distant devices are viewed as potential adversaries. Because radio waves are invisible, however, a user may believe a wireless device is communicating with a nearby device when in fact the user’s device is communicating with a distant adversary. Researchers have previously proposed methods for multi-antenna devices to ascertain physical proximity with other devices, but devices with a single antenna, such as those commonly used in the Internet of Things, cannot take advantage of these techniques. We investigate a method for a single-antenna Wi-Fi device to quickly determine proximity with another Wi-Fi device. Our approach leverages the repeating nature Wi-Fi’s preamble and the characteristics of a transmitting antenna’s near field to detect proximity with high probability. Our method never falsely declares proximity at ranges longer than 14 cm.
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Projects: [thaw]
Keywords: [authentication] [iot] [security] [wifi]
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