Secure Routing in Sensor Networks

Author

Nikjoo S., M. ; Tehrani, Arash Saber ; Kumarawadu, Priyantha

Author_Institution

Univ. of Western Ontario, London

fYear

2007

fDate

22-26 April 2007

Firstpage

978

Lastpage

981

Abstract

In this paper, we present the secure routing in sensor networks. Routing protocols in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are susceptible to a number of attacks depending on the nature of the protocol, its application, and the environment in which the protocol is intended to be used. Routing protocols that do not take the malicious attacks into account can not be easily tamper proofed. These protocols should be designed securely so that they are capable of asserting countermeasures whenever they need to. In this paper we evaluate the most important security attributes in wireless sensor networks. Then, based on these attributes and the application type of the routing protocols, we compare the vulnerability of different groups of protocols.

Keywords

routing protocols; security of data; telecommunication security; wireless sensor networks; malicious attack; secure routing protocol; wireless sensor network security; Application software; Communication system security; Energy efficiency; Fault tolerance; Information technology; Routing protocols; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Spread spectrum communication; Wireless application protocol; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2007. CCECE 2007. Canadian Conference on

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

0840-7789

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1020-7

Electronic_ISBN

0840-7789

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.2007.250

Filename

4232909