Identity-Based Key Management in MANETs using Public Key Cryptography

Wireless mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) are an emerging area of mobile computing. MANETs face serious security problems due to their unique characteristics such as mobility, dynamic topology and lack of central infrastructure support. In conventional networks, deploying a robust and reliable security scheme such as Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) requires a central authority or trusted third party to provide fundamental security services including digital certificates, authentication and encryption. In the proposed scheme, a secure identity-based key management scheme is proposed for networks in environments without any PKI. This scheme solved the security problem in the MANET and is also suitable for application to other wired network structures.