Hybrid authentication scheme in peer-aware communication

In this paper, we introduced a novel authentication scheme for peer-aware communication (PAC) networks. PAC devices (PDs) can communicate without infrastructure, because PDs are able to communicate in an ad hoc manner. Due to the absence of infrastructure, there are no certification authorities (CAs) or trusted third parties. Therefore, PDs have to have the ability to authenticate each other even though there is no other help. As the number of PDs grows, the need for authentication will greatly increase.