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Securing the light escaping in a Li-Fi network environment

2022; Elsevier BV; Volume: 201; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.procs.2022.03.091

1877-0509

D.D. Diambeki, Reagan E. Mandiya, Kyandonghere Kyamakya, Selain K. Kasereka,

IoT and Edge/Fog Computing

Nowadays, everyone knows Wi-Fi. The technology that ensures connection of computer equipment. It is now positioned as the easiest way to interconnect multiple end users because It allows user mobility in workspaces, avoids cable clutter within the network coverage, such as offices, homes and so on. Despite these advantages, several scientific studies have shown that this technology can raise security and safety issues and is dangerous to human health, and therefore not suitable for hospital networks. In an attempt to overcome these difficulties, Li-Fi technology based on visible light is beginning to interest researchers. This technology is considered more secure than Wi-Fi because the light can be contained in a physical space and waves can't pass through walls and other objects. Unfortunately, when the physical environment contains spaces that can escape light to the outdoors, this can be a security risk for Li-Fi because it uses light sources to transmit data. That why, in this paper, the main differences between Wi-Fi and Li-Fi technologies are explained, and a Li-Fi architecture provided with an authentification captive portal and a data transfer security mechanism between end users based on the AES algorithm is proposed. The developed prototype and the architecture proposed guarantee the security of the Li-Fi network even if the physical environment is provided with multiple light escape spaces.