Lightweight Authentication and Key Agreement for Smart Metering in Smart Energy NetworksLightweight Authentication and Key Agreement • July 17th, 2018
Abstract—Smart meters are considered as foundational part of the smart metering infrastructure (SMI) in smart energy networks. Smart meter is a digital device that makes use of two- way communication between consumer and utility to exchange, manage and control energy consumptions within a home. How- ever, despite all the features, a smart meter raises several security- related concerns. For instance, how to exchange data between the legal entities (e.g., smart meter and utility server) while maintaining privacy of the consumer. To address these concerns, authentication and key agreement in SMI can provide important security properties that not only to maintain a trust between the legitimate entities but also to satisfy other security services. This work presents a lightweight authentication and key agreement (LAKA) that enables trust, anonymity, integrity and adequate security in the domain of smart energy network. The proposed scheme employs hybrid cryptography to facilitate mutual tr
