Title :
Preventing wireless network configuration errors in patient monitoring using device fingerprints
Author :
Novak, Joe H. ; Kasera, Sneha Kumar ; Patwari, Neal
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Abstract :
Configuration errors are the most significant cause of failure in networks. Little research has been devoted to preventing network configuration errors using device fingerprints. We demonstrate how they can be used to prevent information from being incorrectly routed in an IEEE 802.15.4 beacon-enabled wireless sensor network with multiple coordinators. To determine if they are appropriate for this application, we investigate the number of unique fingerprints that clock skew and radio frequency characteristics provide.
Keywords :
Zigbee; biomedical communication; clocks; patient monitoring; wireless sensor networks; IEEE 802.15.4 beaconenabled wireless sensor network; clock skew; device fingerprints; patient monitoring; radio frequency characteristics; wireless network configuration errors; Clocks; Correlation; Entropy; IEEE 802.15 Standards; Temperature measurement; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Device fingerprints; clock skew; frequency error; patient monitoring; wireless sensor node network;
Conference_Titel :
World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM), 2013 IEEE 14th International Symposium and Workshops on a
Conference_Location :
Madrid
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5827-9
DOI :
10.1109/WoWMoM.2013.6583471
