Title :
A secure network coverage protocol of WSNs
Author :
Zhang, Xia ; Wang, Cheng
Author_Institution :
Digital Eng. & Simulation Res. Center, Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
Wireless sensor networks(WSNs) are widely used in many applications, however in some hostile scenarios WSNs are susceptible to many malicious attacks. Due to various source limitations and salient features of WSNs, the security design for such networks is significantly challenging. we propose a secure protocol to provide current network coverage information. In contrast to previous security mechanisms, our approaches feature nearly perfect resilience to node compromise, low communication and computation overhead, low memory requirements, and high network scalability.
Keywords :
protocols; telecommunication security; wireless sensor networks; communication overhead; computation overhead; low memory requirement; malicious attack; network coverage information; network scalability; network security design; node compromise; secure network coverage protocol; wireless sensor network; Cryptography; Monitoring; Presses; Wireless sensor networks; Wireless sensor networks; compromise tolerance; network coverage information; security;
Conference_Titel :
Communication Technology (ICCT), 2010 12th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nanjing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6868-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICCT.2010.5689006