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A Priority-Aware Anonymous Handover Authentication Protocol for Wireless Communications

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A fast handover authentication protocol takes an important role for delay-sensitive applications in wireless networks. Mobile users may be granted different priorities depending on communication fees they paid. In this paper, we present a priority-aware anonymous handover authentication protocol using attribute-based cryptography. The proposed protocol realizes mutual authentication, user anonymity, session key establishment and user revocation etc. Particularly it obtains a charming property, namely, user priority. Compared with some existing schemes, it is more efficient while satisfying security.

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The authors would like to thank the anonymous reviewers and the editor for their comments that will help to improve this paper. This work was supported by Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61521003).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Mathematical Engineering and Advanced Computing, Zhengzhou, China

    Guangsong Li, Yongbin Zeng & Gang Yu

  2. Physical Education College of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

    Hui Guang

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Li, G., Zeng, Y., Guang, H. et al. A Priority-Aware Anonymous Handover Authentication Protocol for Wireless Communications. Wireless Pers Commun 114, 2613–2627 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-020-07492-y

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