Title :
IBE-Lite: A Lightweight Identity-Based Cryptography for Body Sensor Networks
Author :
Tan, Chiu C. ; Wang, Haodong ; Zhong, Sheng ; Li, Qun
Author_Institution :
Dept. Comput. Sci., Coll. of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA
Abstract :
A body sensor network (BSN) is a network of sensors deployed on a person´s body for health care monitoring. Since the sensors collect personal medical data, security and privacy are important components in a BSN. In this paper, we developed IBE-Lite, a lightweight identity-based encryption suitable for sensors in a BSN. We present protocols based on IBE-Lite that balance security and privacy with accessibility and perform evaluation using experiments conducted on commercially available sensors.
Keywords :
cryptography; health care; medical administrative data processing; medical computing; patient monitoring; wireless sensor networks; IBE-Lite; body sensor networks; health care monitoring; lightweight identity-based cryptography; medical data; Body sensor network; identity-based encryption; privacy; security; Algorithms; Biometric Identification; Confidentiality; Humans; Information Storage and Retrieval; Medical Records Systems, Computerized; Monitoring, Physiologic;
Journal_Title :
Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TITB.2009.2033055
