Stealthy off-target couple control plane jamming

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dc.contributor.committeeMemberKnightly, Edward W
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSabharwal, Ashutosh
dc.contributor.committeeMemberNg, Eugene
dc.creatorGupta, Shreya
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-23T18:18:59Z
dc.date.available2022-09-23T18:18:59Z
dc.date.created2022-08
dc.date.issued2022-08-05
dc.date.submittedAugust 2022
dc.date.updated2022-09-23T18:18:59Z
dc.description.abstractMulti- and single-user beamforming is a key feature for realizing a high data rate in next-generation Wi-Fi such as IEEE 802.11ax. In this paper, we study for the first time, a jammer that strategically attacks layer two (L2) control frames associated with beamforming to realize a denial-of-service (DoS) attack on transport (L4) and application layer (L7) control planes. By coupling the attack across control plane layers, the attacker targets throughput or availability DoS while also maintaining stealth via low airtime jamming and “off-target jamming” in which the targeted higher layer message is never directly jammed. With end-to-end application layer experiments, we show that such a jammer can reduce TCP throughput to 1% with less than 0.1% of jamming air-time. Moreover, the attack can yield seconds-to-minute scale outages by targeting the L4 or L7 setup messages while leaving a minimal footprint.
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dc.identifier.citationGupta, Shreya. "Stealthy off-target couple control plane jamming." (2022) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/113271">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/113271</a>.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/113271
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectcoupled control plane mechanisms
dc.subjectcontrol frame jamming
dc.subjectstealthy jamming
dc.titleStealthy off-target couple control plane jamming
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialText
thesis.degree.departmentElectrical and Computer Engineering
thesis.degree.disciplineEngineering
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science
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