A non-key based security scheme supporting emergency treatment of wireless implants

• Published in: 2014 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) pp. 647 - 652
• Main Authors: Guanglou Zheng, Gengfa Fang, Orgun, Mehmet A., Shankaran, Rajan
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.06.2014
• Subjects: Authentication; Jamming; Logic gates; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas; Wireless communication

The security of wireless communication module for Implantable Medical Devices (IMDs) poses a unique challenge that doctors in any qualified hospital should have the access to the IMDs for an emergency treatment while the IMD should be protected from adversaries during a patient's daily life. In...