6th European Conference - Academic Conferences

Natarajan Vijayarangan
The proposed Mesh Topology Network (MTN) is a network where all the protocols (NSP 1, 2 and 3)
are connected to each other and is an integrated network – illustrated in Figure 1. In the topology
network, every protocol is connected to other protocols on the network through hops and each
protocol itself acts as a node (mote). Some are connected through single-hop networks and some
may be connected with more than one hop. It has been designed that the entire mesh network is
continuously connected. Even if one node fails in the mesh network, the network finds an alternate
route to transfer the data.
Network security protocol 1
A group of network
security protocols based
on certificateless PKI
Network security protocol 2
MTN
Network security protocol 3
Figure 1: A cluster of network security protocols supporting MTN
Normally, attackers can break a network using RF direction finding, traffic rate analysis and timecorrelation
monitoring. Whereas, in the proposed MTN, one may not find easily roles played by nodes,
the existence and location of nodes and the current location of specific functions (MP or Lie). Further,
the MTN has been classified into different models (Star, Ring and Hybrid) for serving different
applications. Star-MTN is a collection of communication protocols connected to a central hub which
distributes NSP 1,2 and 3 to nodes. All communication lines traverse to the central hub. The
advantage of this topology is the simplicity of adding additional nodes. This method has applications
in VSAT terminals. In local area network / wide area network where Ring-MTN could be used, each
system is connected to the network in a closed loop or ring. Basically, all systems in the ring are
connected to each other by NSP={NSP 1, MP & Lie functions}. It has the ability to switch over from
NSP 1 into NSP 2 or 3. Hybrid-MTN is proportional to the exponent of the number of nodes. If there
are 'n' nodes in a hybrid communication, it will require n(n-1)/2 network paths to make a full mesh
network. In this model, NSP 1 can be converted to NSP 2 or NSP 3 by exchanging MP or Lie
functions between nodes. This model is widely applicable to telecommunication paths like mobile
roaming and International SMS.
NSP
1
NSP
2
NSP
2
Network
Security
Protocols 1,2,3
NSP 3
NSP
NSP
3
NSP
NSP
NSP
NSP 1
NSP 2
NSP 3
NSP 3
Figure 2: Star-MTN Figure 3: Ring-MTN Figure 4: Hybrid-MTN
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NSP 2
NSP 1