Title :
A Physiological Authentication Scheme in Secure Healthcare Sensor Networks
Author :
Kanjee, Mohammed Raza ; Divi, Kalyani ; Liu, Hong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we propose a novel two-tier authentication scheme based on physiology. Our sensors are fused with a patient, where a physiological key is generated in a decentralized fashion. Secure aggregation and secure routing are deployed in the authentication procedure. This scheme lies on our unique secure architecture for Healthcare WSN that explores the characteristics of Healthcare WSN, departing from general purpose WSN. We conduct extensive analysis to study the effectiveness and efficiency of our scheme.
Keywords :
health care; message authentication; patient care; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication security; telemedicine; wireless sensor networks; healthcare wireless sensor networks; patient; physiological authentication scheme; physiological key; secure aggregation; secure architecture; secure healthcare sensor networks; secure routing; two-tier authentication scheme; Authentication; Base stations; Biomedical monitoring; Data security; Databases; Information security; Medical services; Patient monitoring; Power system security; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Sensor Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), 2010 7th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7150-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7151-5
DOI :
10.1109/SECON.2010.5508215
