An analysis of HB-MAP based on OPNET simulation

HB-MAP (HB-mutual authentication protocol) is a mutual ultra-light-weight authentication protocol we have proposed before. In this paper, we present an HB-MAP simulation model. This model is based on the OPNET modeler and includes three parts, namely, the network model, the node model, and the process model. The simulation results are obtained mainly in the aspects of running time, queuing delay, throughput, and channel utilization. To show the performance of HB-MAP, simulation of two other protocols HB and LCAP (load-based concurrent access protocol) is also executed, and comparative analysis is carried out on the results. At the end of the paper, we show a simple process of the attacks and identify that the HB-MAP can defend against some attacks.