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A study on Energy-Aware Trust-Based Proxy Re-Encryption Path Selection and Security in Distributed LEO Satellite Networks

  • Journal of Software Assessment and Valuation
  • Abbr : JSAV
  • 2025, 21(4), pp.177~188
  • Publisher : Korea Software Assessment and Valuation Society
  • Research Area : Engineering > Computer Science
  • Received : December 2, 2025
  • Accepted : December 20, 2025
  • Published : December 26, 2025

Won-Bin Kim 1 Yongjun Chung 1 PAEK SANGHYUN 2 Daehee Seo 2

1상명대
2상명대학교

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ABSTRACT

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite networks are emerging as a key complement to terrestrial infrastructures, but they face unique security challenges due to limited onboard energy, long operational lifetimes, and the risk of satellite compromise leading to malicious proxy behavior. To address these issues in scenarios where satellites act as proxy re-encryption (PRE) nodes, this paper proposes an energy-aware, trust-based PRE proxy and path selection framework. We define a system model comprising a satellite–ground topology, an energy model capturing solar generation and battery consumption, and a trust model derived from re-encryption outcomes, and design a per-satellite score and path cost function that jointly reflect trust and energy status for proxy/path selection. Furthermore, we introduce trust-update and blacklist mechanisms based on re-encryption logs and anomaly observations to gradually exclude malicious or unstable satellites, and theoretically analyze how the proposed framework satisfies confidentiality, correctness, and availability requirements.

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