A Continuous Secure Scheme in Static Heterogeneous Sensor Networks

Author

Boqing Zhou ; Jianxin Wang ; Sujun Li ; Yun Cheng ; Jie Wu

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Eng., Central South Univ., Changsha, China

Volume

17

Issue

9

fYear

2013

fDate

Sep-13

Firstpage

1868

Lastpage

1871

Abstract

In heterogeneous sensor networks (HSNs), which use existing key predistribution schemes, network security will significantly decline with time. In this paper, a continuous secure scheme is proposed based on two-dimensional backward key chains. In the scheme, powerful sensors do not need to be equipped with tamper-resistant hardware. Analysis and simulations indicate that the proposed scheme can significantly improve the performance of existing schemes in resilience against node capture attacks throughout the lifecycle of static HSNs.

Keywords

public key cryptography; telecommunication security; wireless sensor networks; 2D backward key chains; continuous secure scheme; key predistribution schemes; network security; node capture attacks; public-key operations; static HSN lifecycle; static heterogeneous sensor networks; Ad hoc networks; Educational institutions; Nickel; Probability; Resilience; Security; Wireless sensor networks; Geterogeneous sensor network; pairwise key; two-dimensional backward key chain;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7798

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LCOMM.2013.072813.130834

Filename

6574945