Survivability for Wireless Sensor Network: Model, Evaluation and Experiment

In this paper we focus on the survivability of wireless sensor network and develop a model to evaluate the tradeoffs between the cost of defense mechanisms for wireless sensor network and the resulting expected survivability after a network attack. We demonstrate the model through simulations its effectiveness in mitigating such attacks. Our analysis of the impact of these attacks versus the adversary´s effort gives insights into their relative strengths, their interaction and their importance when analyze wireless sensor network.