Enhancing MANET Performance through Effective Key Management: A Comprehensive Review

Author(s)	Dr. Gudelliwar Sandip S
Country	India
Abstract	A Mobile Ad-hoc Network (MANET) is a decentralized, infrastructure-less network with limited physical security and constrained resources, making robust security mechanisms essential. Key management plays a pivotal role in ensuring MANET security by handling key generation, storage, distribution, updating, revocation, deletion, and archiving. Key management protocols can be classified into four categories: symmetric, asymmetric, group, and hybrid. Among these, group key management has garnered significant research attention due to the growing prevalence of mobile devices and multicast communication. This paper comprehensively reviews various group key management strategies, evaluating them based on reliability, computational complexity, storage costs, communication overheads, prerequisites, security levels, robustness, vulnerabilities, scalability, energy efficiency, and mobility support. A comparative analysis is provided, highlighting the strengths and limitations of each protocol. The study concludes with an assessment of the trade-offs between different approaches, offering insights for future research directions.
Keywords	Data Mining, Cyber Security, Malicious Software, Intrusion Detection
Field	Engineering
Published In	Volume 15, Issue 2, April-June 2024
Published On	2024-06-06

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