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Work item:
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X.IoT-RF-Auth
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Subject/title:
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Security framework for radio frequency characteristics-based IoT device authentication
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Status:
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Under study
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Approval process:
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TAP
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Type of work item:
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Recommendation
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Version:
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New
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Equivalent number:
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-
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Timing:
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2027-03 (Medium priority)
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Liaison:
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Summary:
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This draft outlines the principles, technical architecture, characteristics, requirements, and processes for RF characteristics-based IoT device authentication.
Traditional IoT device authentication approaches are mainly implemented at upper layers by utilizing cryptographic credentials like symmetric and asymmetric keys, certificates and tokens. Despite their effectiveness to prevent identity impersonating of IoT devices, they fail to address the significant wireless signal spoofing and replay issues in IoT systems.
The draft proposes a security framework that uses RF characteristics to authenticate IoT devices, in particular, aiming at detecting spoofed and replayed signals originated from unauthorized IoT devices. The authentication process involves signal collection and processing, RF characteristics extraction, and RF characteristics verification The authentication framework provides several major advantages, such as supporting detection of spoofed and replayed wireless signals from unauthorized devices, supporting continuous IoT device authentication in a "One-Time, One-Authentication" manner, requiring no interactions between an IoT device and its receiver, and supporting integration of communication and authentication.
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Comment:
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First registration in the WP:
2025-04-22 17:30:16
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Last update:
2025-04-22 17:32:48
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