A Decentralized Multi-Group Key Management Scheme

Junbeom HUR  Hyunsoo YOON 

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications  Vol.E92-B  No.2  pp.632-635
Publication Date: 2009/02/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1345
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: LETTER
Category: Network Management/Operation
Keyword: 
stateless member,  multi-group communication,  decentralized group key management,  identity-based encryption, 

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Summary: 
Scalability is one of the most important requirements for secure multicast in a multi-group environment. In this study, we propose a decentralized multi-group key management scheme that allows each multicast group sender to control the access to its group communication independently. Scalability is enhanced by local rekeying and inter-working among different subgroups. The group key secrecy and backward/forward secrecy are also guaranteed.