Lightweight Multifactor Authentication Scheme for NextGen Cellular Networks

With increased interest in 6G (6th Generation) cellular networks that can support intelligently small-cell communication will result effective device-to-device (D2D) communication. High throughput requirement 5G/6G technology requires each device to act as intelligent transmission relays. Inclusion of such intelligence relays and quantum computing at D2D may compromise existing security mechanisms lead towards primitive attacks impersonation attack, rouge replay MITM DoS attack. Thus, an yet lightweight scheme is required low computation devices address the challenges poses. This paper proposes a Lightweight ECC (elliptic curve cryptography)-based Multifactor Authentication Protocol (LEMAP) for miniaturized mobile devices. LEMAP extension our previous published work TLwS (trust-based scheme) which utilizes with Elgamal achieving protocol, confidentiality, integrity, non-repudiation. Multi-factor based on OTP (Biometrics, random number), timestamp, challenge, password. has mitigated above-mentioned significantly lower cost, authentication overhead. We have proven correctness using widely accepted Burrows-Abadi-Needham (BAN) logic analyzed performance by simulator. The analysis been conducted Discrete Logarithm Problem verify any attack possibility. proposed works well single multihop scenarios.