Authentication and encryption for a robotic ad hoc network using identity-based cryptography

Abstract: In some situations the communications of a place can be affected, totally lost, or not even exist. In these cases, the MANETs play an important role, allowing to establish a communications point using the different nodes of the network to reach the destination using decentralized communications. This paper proposes the implementation of a Robotic MANET, a decentralized network using robots as its nodes, which allows to move the network nodes to the desired location remotely. For this, each robot has as a core a Raspberry Pi with the capabilities to perform audio and video streaming, remote control of robots, tracking of objects, and deployment of wireless networks. To protect the network, different security mechanisms are used that allow secure authentication on the network by different nodes and encryption of information transmitted between them. All communications are protected through Identity-Based Cryptography, specifically with an Identity-Based Signcryption scheme.