Random number generation using inertial measurement unit signals for on-body IoT devices
Author(s)
Sun, Y
Lo, Benny
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
With increasing popularity of wearable and implantable technologies for medical applications, there is a growing concern on the security and data protection of the on-body Internet-ofThings (IoT) devices. As a solution, cryptographic system is often adopted to encrypt the data, and Random Number Generator (RNG) is of vital importance to such system. This paper proposes a new random number generation method for securing on-body IoT devices based on temporal signal variations of the outputs of the Inertial Measurement Units (IMU) worn by the users while walking. As most new wearable and implantable devices have built-in IMUs and walking gait signals can be extracted from these body sensors, this method can be applied and integrated into the cryptographic systems of these new devices. To generate the random numbers, this method divides IMU signals into gait cycles and generates bits by comparing energy differences between the sensor signals in a gait cycle and the averaged IMU signals in multiple gait cycles. The generated bits are then re-indexed in descending order by the absolute values of the associated energy differences to further randomise the data and generate high-entropy random numbers. Two datasets were used in the studies to generate random numbers, where were rigorously tested and passed four well-known randomness test suites, namely NIST-STS, ENT, Dieharder, and RaBiGeTe.
Date Issued
2018-06-14
Date Acceptance
2018-02-20
Citation
Living in the Internet of Things: Cybersecurity of the IoT - 2018, 2018
ISBN
978-1-78561-843-7
Publisher
IET
Journal / Book Title
Living in the Internet of Things: Cybersecurity of the IoT - 2018
Copyright Statement
© 2018 Institution of Engineering and Technology. This paper is a postprint of a paper submitted to and accepted for publication in Living in the Internet of Things: Cybersecurity of the IoT - 2018 and is subject to Institution of Engineering and Technology Copyright. The copy of record is available at IET Digital Library
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
British Council (UK)
Grant Number
540213 SeNTH plus
330760239
Source
Living in the Internet of Things: Cybersecurity of the IoT - A PETRAS, IoTUK and IET Event
Publication Status
Published
Start Date
2018-03-28
Finish Date
2018-03-29
Coverage Spatial
London, UK