High Performance Group Merging/Splitting Scheme for Group Key Management

• Published in: Wireless personal communications Vol. 75; no. 2; pp. 1529 - 1545
• Main Authors: Zhou, Jian, Sun, Liyan, Zhou, Xianwei, Song, Junde
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01.03.2014; Springer
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Communications Engineering; Computer Communication Networks; Computer science; control theory; systems; Cryptography; Encryption; Engineering; Exact sciences and technology; Information, signal and communications theory; Management; Memory and file management (including protection and security); Memory organisation. Data processing; Merging; Messages; Networks; Security; Signal and communications theory; Signal,Image and Speech Processing; Software; Splitting; Telecommunications and information theory; Time delay; Group key management; Rekeying; Time delay; Group merging/splitting operation; One-encryption-key multi-decryption-key key protocol; High performance; Transmission protocol; Multiprotocol; Encryption; Key management; Decryption; Delay; Efficiency; Public key; Cryptanalysis; Secret key; Secret sharing; Delay time; Cryptography; Computer security; Security key

The group merging/splitting event is different to the joining/leaving events in which only a member joins or leaves group, but in the group merging/splitting event two small groups merge together into a group or a group is divided into two independent parts. Rekeying is an importance issue for key m...