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1. Introduction
Bluetooth technology provides peer-to-peer communications over short distances. In or-
der to provide protection for exchanged information, it defines several different keys that
are based on the hierarchical derivation key management. In Bluetooth security, all pairs
of Bluetooth devices that are unknown to each other or already known need install a
pre-shared key, PIN that the key derivation operations are directly associated with. The
Bluetooth security recommends, before exchanging the PIN, the user to be in a ‘private
area’ where she/he can trust these unknown devices. That means it is the user who has
responsibility for the key exchange in security with an unknown peer device. It is a very
weak point to Bluetooth security since it is discouraged in a public place.
This paper presents a security scheme that aims at automating the PIN exchange proce-
dure with the help of AAA infrastructure in WiFi-overlapped WPANs (Wireless Personal
Access Network). The proposed security scheme contributes to providing an automatic
set-up for security channel, particularly between a pair of unknown Bluetooth devices.
3. Conclusion
We propose a new security scheme to facilitate the PIN distribution to the pair of unknown
Bluetooth devices in an automatic fashion for the fulfillment of Bluetooth security. Our
proposal relies on WiFi-overlapped WPANs that are based on the AAA infrastructure. It
is obvious that our proposal is practical to apply to an open environment since the user
should not be forced to set up a PIN manually in a public place.