An error-detectable batch authentication and key agreement protocol based on certificateless aggregate signature for UAV networks

GUO Chao; HUANG Zichen; GONG Cheng; LIU Peihe

doi:10.11959/j.issn.1000-0801.2025204

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An error-detectable batch authentication and key agreement protocol based on certificateless aggregate signature for UAV networks

Research and Development | 更新时间：2026-01-08

- An error-detectable batch authentication and key agreement protocol based on certificateless aggregate signature for UAV networks
- Telecommunications Science Vol. 41, Issue 12, Pages: 164-180(2025)
- 作者机构：
  
  1.北京电子科技学院电子与通信工程系，北京 100070
  2.北京电子科技学院网络空间安全系，北京 100070
  3.联通（北京）产业互联网有限公司，北京 100038
- 作者简介：
- 基金信息：
  
  The National Key Research and Development Program of China(2023YFB3106505);The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central(3282023001;3282024052)
- DOI：10.11959/j.issn.1000-0801.2025204
  CLC： TP393
- Received：18 May 2025，
  
  Revised：2025-06-17，
  
  Accepted：07 July 2025，
  
  Published：20 December 2025
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郭超,黄子琛,弓丞等.无人机网络中基于无证书聚合签名技术的检错批量认证与密钥协商协议[J].电信科学,2025,41(12):164-180.

GUO Chao,HUANG Zichen,GONG Cheng,et al.An error-detectable batch authentication and key agreement protocol based on certificateless aggregate signature for UAV networks[J].Telecommunications Science,2025,41(12):164-180.
郭超,黄子琛,弓丞等.无人机网络中基于无证书聚合签名技术的检错批量认证与密钥协商协议[J].电信科学,2025,41(12):164-180. DOI： 10.11959/j.issn.1000-0801.2025204.

GUO Chao,HUANG Zichen,GONG Cheng,et al.An error-detectable batch authentication and key agreement protocol based on certificateless aggregate signature for UAV networks[J].Telecommunications Science,2025,41(12):164-180. DOI： 10.11959/j.issn.1000-0801.2025204.

摘要

在以无人机为中继节点的地空协同通信架构中，实现高效且安全的身份认证与密钥协商是保障系统可靠性的核心问题。针对传统批量认证机制在处理非法用户设备发起的无效接入请求时存在的认证失败与检错能力不足等问题，提出一种基于无证书聚合签名的检错型批量认证与密钥协商协议。该协议包括双向身份认证与密钥协商机制，以及集成群组测试方法的非法请求快速识别模块，可显著提升认证效率。在安全性分析方面，在随机预言机模型下对协议的不可伪造性进行了证明，并借助形式化验证工具完成形式化安全验证。性能评估结果表明，所提方案在通信开销、计算开销及检错复杂度等方面性能优越，适用于大规模无人机网络中资源受限场景下的安全通信需求。

Abstract

In geospatial cooperative communication architectures where unmanned aerial vehicles are employed as intermediate nodes

achieving efficient and secure identity authentication and key agreement is regarded as a critical issue for ensuring system reliability. To address the limitations of traditional batch authentication mechanisms—particularly their failure to handle invalid access requests from unauthorized user equipment and their insufficient error detection capability—an error-detectable batch authentication and key agreement protocol based on certificateless aggregate signatures was proposed. The protocol was designed to incorporate mutual identity authentication

key agreement mechanisms

and a group testing-based module for rapid identification of illegitimate access requests

thereby significantly enhancing authentication efficiency. For security analysis

the unforgeability of the protocol was proven under the random oracle model

and its security was verified using formal verification tools. Performance evaluations were conducted

demonstrating that the proposed scheme outperformed existing solutions in terms of communication overhead

computational cost

and error detection complexity. The results suggest that the protocol is well-suited for secure communication in large-scale UAV networks operating under resource-constrained environments.

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