A Secure and Efficient Mutual Authentication Protocol Framework for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Abstract

With their vast range of uses, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, or drones) are becoming more popular. However, the security and privacy of these UAV-based applications remains a worry. Man-in-the middle, replay and physical assaults are all risks that may be faced by unmanned aerial vehicles. To counteract these threats and weaknesses, we present a light-weight mutual authentication system that provides network and communication security. PUFs, a digital fingerprint device, are used to guard against physical and masquerade assaults in the proposed protocol. Compared to existing state-of-the-art protocols, the suggested protocol is secure, resilient, and quick.