Device Pairing Using Visible Light Communications

Device authentication in ad hoc networks is becoming more and more important. Nowadays, there are many interesting applications which communicate via the short-rang wireless communication channel (such as Bluetooth or WiFi). In the communication, a great deal of sensitive information is required to be transmitted. Therefore, device authentication is significant. In order to build a secure authentication mechanism, protocols are proposed using human control visual channels. However, this method brings many challenges, the main one being the burden placed on humans. Therefore, in this thesis, these protocols are optimized using visible light communication techniques, which significantly reduce the work faced by humans