scholarly journals Reputation-Based Secure Sensor Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingsha He ◽  
Jing Xu ◽  
Xingye Zhu ◽  
Yuqiang Zhang ◽  
Ting Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Location Information ◽  
Sensor Localization ◽  
Security Scheme ◽  
Beacon Node ◽  
Untrusted Environments

Location information of sensor nodes in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is very important, for it makes information that is collected and reported by the sensor nodes spatially meaningful for applications. Since most current sensor localization schemes rely on location information that is provided by beacon nodes for the regular sensor nodes to locate themselves, the accuracy of localization depends on the accuracy of location information from the beacon nodes. Therefore, the security and reliability of the beacon nodes become critical in the localization of regular sensor nodes. In this paper, we propose a reputation-based security scheme for sensor localization to improve the security and the accuracy of sensor localization in hostile or untrusted environments. In our proposed scheme, the reputation of each beacon node is evaluated based on a reputation evaluation model so that regular sensor nodes can get credible location information from highly reputable beacon nodes to accomplish localization. We also perform a set of simulation experiments to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed reputation-based security scheme. And our simulation results show that the proposed security scheme can enhance the security and, hence, improve the accuracy of sensor localization in hostile or untrusted environments.

scholarly journals Distributed Beacon Drifting Detection for Localization in Unstable Environments

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Xia ◽  
Peiliang Sun ◽  
Xiaoyan Wang ◽  
Yan Jin ◽  
Qingzhang Chen
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Detection Algorithm ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Location Information ◽  
Detection Accuracy ◽  
Research Issue ◽  
Fundamental Research

Localization is a fundamental research issue in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). In most existing localization schemes, several beacons are used to determine the locations of sensor nodes. These localization mechanisms are frequently based on an assumption that the locations of beacons are known. Nevertheless, for many WSN systems deployed in unstable environments, beacons may be moved unexpectedly; that is, beacons are drifting, and their location information will no longer be reliable. As a result, the accuracy of localization will be greatly affected. In this paper, we propose a distributed beacon drifting detection algorithm to locate those accidentally moved beacons. In the proposed algorithm, we designed both beacon self-scoring and beacon-to-beacon negotiation mechanisms to improve detection accuracy while keeping the algorithm lightweight. Experimental results show that the algorithm achieves its designed goals.

scholarly journals Efficient Location Service for a Mobile Sink in Solar-Powered Wireless Sensor Networks

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minjae Kang ◽  
Ikjune Yoon ◽  
Dong Noh
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Mobile Sink ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Location Information ◽  
Position Information ◽  
Location Service ◽  
Surplus Energy ◽  
Solar Powered

By utilizing mobile sinks in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), WSNs can be deployed in more challenging environments that cannot connect with the Internet, such as those that are isolated or dangerous, and can also achieve a balanced energy consumption among sensors which leads to prolonging the network lifetime. However, an additional overhead is required to check the current location of the sink in order for a node to transmit data to the mobile sink, and the size of the overhead is proportional to that of the network. Meanwhile, WSNs composed of solar-powered nodes have recently been actively studied for the perpetual operation of a network. This study addresses both of these research topics simultaneously, and proposes a method to support an efficient location service for a mobile sink utilizing the surplus energy of a solar-powered WSN. In this scheme, nodes that have a sufficient energy budget can constitute rings, and the nodes belonging to these rings (which are called ring nodes) maintain up-to-date location information on the mobile sink node and serve this information to the other sensor nodes. Because each ring node only uses surplus energy to serve location information, this does not affect the performance of a node’s general operations (e.g., sensing, processing, and data delivery). Moreover, because multiple rings can exist simultaneously in the proposed scheme, the overhead for acquiring the position information of the sink can be significantly reduced, and also hardly increases even if the network size becomes larger.

Sensor Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Cultural Algorithm

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 106-122
Author(s):  
Vaishali Raghavendra Kulkarni ◽  
Veena Desai
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Computing Time ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Cultural Algorithm ◽  
Sensor Localization ◽  
Bee Colony ◽  
Multi Stage

Evolutionary computing-based cultural algorithm (CA) has been developed for anchor-assisted, range-based, multi-stage localization of sensor nodes of wireless sensor networks (WSNs). The results of CA-based localization have been compared with those of swarm intelligence-based algorithms, namely the artificial bee colony algorithm and the particle swarm optimization algorithm. The algorithms have been compared in terms of mean localization error and computing time. The simulation results show that the CA performs the localization in a more accurate manner and at a higher speed than the other two algorithms.

Localization Security in Wireless Sensor Networks

2008 ◽  
pp. 617-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yawen Wei ◽  
Zhen Yu ◽  
Yong Guan
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Location Information ◽  
Malicious Attacks ◽  
Distance Measurements ◽  
Secure Localization ◽  
Comprehensive Survey ◽  
Hostile Environments

Localization of sensor nodes is very important for many applications proposed for wireless sensor networks (WSN), such as environment monitoring, geographical routing, and target tracking. Because sensor networks may be deployed in hostile environments, localization approaches can be compromised by many malicious attacks. The adversaries can broadcast corrupted location information; they can jam or modify the transmitting signals between sensors to mislead them to obtain incorrect distance measurements or nonexistent connectivity links. All these malicious attacks will cause sensors not able to or wrongly estimate their locations. In this chapter, we summarize the threat models and provide a comprehensive survey and taxonomy of existing secure localization and verification schemes for wireless sensor networks.

An Adaptive Location Updates and Propagation Scheme for Mobile Sinks

2010 ◽  
Vol 44-47 ◽  
pp. 772-776
Author(s):  
Shi Qiang Ma ◽  
Xiao Gang Qi
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Mobile Sink ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Location Information ◽  
Delivery Ratio ◽  
Mobile Sinks ◽  
Location Updates

Mobile sink can be used to balance energy consumption of sensor nodes in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Sink is required to inform sensors about its new location information whenever necessary. However, frequent location updates of mobile sink can lead to both rapid energy consumption of sensor nodes and increased collisions in wireless transmissions. We propose ALUPS (A New Solution with Adaptive Location Update and Propagation Scheme) for mobile sinks to resolve this problem. When a sink moves, it only needs to broadcast its location information within a local adaptive area other than among the entire network. The overhearing feature of wireless transmission is employed when the adaptive location information is transferred. Compared with LURP (Local update-based routing protocol in wireless sensor networks with mobile sinks) and SLPS (Simple Location Propagation Scheme for Mobile Sink in Wireless Sensor Networks), ALUPS performs better both in low energy consumption and success delivery ratio.

Performance Analysis of TBC-ACO Routing Protocol with Existing Routing Protocols of Wireless Sensor Networks

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 169
Author(s):  
A. Radhika ◽  
D. Haritha
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Swarm Intelligence ◽  
Routing Protocol ◽  
Routing Protocols ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Congestion Aware

Wireless Sensor Networks, have witnessed significant amount of improvement in research across various areas like Routing, Security, Localization, Deployment and above all Energy Efficiency. Congestion is a problem of  importance in resource constrained Wireless Sensor Networks, especially for large networks, where the traffic loads exceed the available capacity of the resources . Sensor nodes are prone to failure and the misbehaviour of these faulty nodes creates further congestion. The resulting effect is a degradation in network performance, additional computation and increased energy consumption, which in turn decreases network lifetime. Hence, the data packet routing algorithm should consider congestion as one of the parameters, in addition to the role of the faulty nodes and not merely energy efficient protocols .Nowadays, the main central point of attraction is the concept of Swarm Intelligence based techniques integration in WSN.  Swarm Intelligence based Computational Swarm Intelligence Techniques have improvised WSN in terms of efficiency, Performance, robustness and scalability. The main objective of this research paper is to propose congestion aware , energy efficient, routing approach that utilizes Ant Colony Optimization, in which faulty nodes are isolated by means of the concept of trust further we compare the performance of various existing routing protocols like AODV, DSDV and DSR routing protocols, ACO Based Routing Protocol  with Trust Based Congestion aware ACO Based Routing in terms of End to End Delay, Packet Delivery Rate, Routing Overhead, Throughput and Energy Efficiency. Simulation based results and data analysis shows that overall TBC-ACO is 150% more efficient in terms of overall performance as compared to other existing routing protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks.

Deterministic Deployment for Wireless Image Sensor Nodes

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 668-674
Author(s):  
Junguo Zhang ◽  
Yutong Lei ◽  
Fantao Lin ◽  
Chen Chen
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Visual Information ◽  
Image Sensor ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Coverage Area ◽  
Effective Coverage ◽  
Area Of Interest ◽  
Key Issues

Wireless sensor networks composed of camera enabled source nodes can provide visual information of an area of interest, potentially enriching monitoring applications. The node deployment is one of the key issues in the application of wireless sensor networks. In this paper, we take the effective coverage and connectivity as the evaluation indices to analyze the effect of the perceivable angle and the ratio of communication radius and sensing radius for the deterministic circular deployment. Experimental results demonstrate that the effective coverage area of the triangle deployment is the largest when using the same number of nodes. When the nodes are deployed in the same monitoring area in the premise of ensuring connectivity, rhombus deployment is optimal when √2 < rc / rs < √3 . The research results of this paper provide an important reference for the deployment of the image sensor networks with the given parameters.

Energy Efficient Group Based Linear Wireless Sensor Networks for Application in Pipeline Monitoring

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chinedu Duru ◽  
Neco Ventura ◽  
Mqhele Dlodlo
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Remote Monitoring ◽  
Linear Array ◽  
Minimum Energy ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Sink Node ◽  
Pipeline Monitoring

Background: Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have been researched to be one of the ground-breaking technologies for the remote monitoring of pipeline infrastructure of the Oil and Gas industry. Research have also shown that the preferred deployment approach of the sensor network on pipeline structures follows a linear array of nodes, placed a distance apart from each other across the infrastructure length. The linear array topology of the sensor nodes gives rise to the name Linear Wireless Sensor Networks (LWSNs) which over the years have seen themselves being applied to pipelines for effective remote monitoring and surveillance. This paper aims to investigate the energy consumption issue associated with LWSNs deployed in cluster-based fashion along a pipeline infrastructure. Methods: Through quantitative analysis, the study attempts to approach the investigation conceptually focusing on mathematical analysis of proposed models to bring about conjectures on energy consumption performance. Results: From the derived analysis, results have shown that energy consumption is diminished to a minimum if there is a sink for every placed sensor node in the LWSN. To be precise, the analysis conceptually demonstrate that groups containing small number of nodes with a corresponding sink node is the approach to follow when pursuing a cluster-based LWSN for pipeline monitoring applications. Conclusion: From the results, it is discovered that energy consumption of a deployed LWSN can be decreased by creating groups out of the total deployed nodes with a sink servicing each group. In essence, the smaller number of nodes each group contains with a corresponding sink, the less energy consumed in total for the entire LWSN. This therefore means that a sink for every individual node will attribute to minimum energy consumption for every non-sink node. From the study, it can be concurred that energy consumption of a LWSN is inversely proportional to the number of sinks deployed and hence the number of groups created.

Improved DV-Hop Localization Scheme for Randomly Deployed WSNs

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rekha Goyat ◽  
Mritunjay Kumar Rai ◽  
Gulshan Kumar ◽  
Hye-Jin Kim ◽  
Se-Jung Lim
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Localization Error ◽  
Anchor Nodes ◽  
Least Energy ◽  
Range Free

Background: Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) is considered one of the key research area in the recent. Various applications of WSNs need geographic location of the sensor nodes. Objective: Localization in WSNs plays an important role because without knowledge of sensor nodes location the information is useless. Finding the accurate location is very crucial in Wireless Sensor Networks. The efficiency of any localization approach is decided on the basis of accuracy and localization error. In range-free localization approaches, the location of unknown nodes are computed by collecting the information such as minimum hop count, hop size information from neighbors nodes. Methods: Although various studied have been done for computing the location of nodes but still, it is an enduring research area. To mitigate the problems of existing algorithms, a range-free Improved Weighted Novel DV-Hop localization algorithm is proposed. Main motive of the proposed study is to reduced localization error with least energy consumption. Firstly, the location information of anchor nodes is broadcasted upto M hop to decrease the energy consumption. Further, a weight factor and correction factor are introduced which refine the hop size of anchor nodes. Results: The refined hop size is further utilized for localization to reduces localization error significantly. The simulation results of the proposed algorithm are compared with other existing algorithms for evaluating the effectiveness and the performance. The simulated results are evaluated in terms localization error and computational cost by considering different parameters such as node density, percentage of anchor nodes, transmission range, effect of sensing field and effect of M on localization error. Further statistical analysis is performed on simulated results to prove the validation of proposed algorithm. A paired T-test is applied on localization error and localization time. The results of T-test depicts that the proposed algorithm significantly improves the localization accuracy with least energy consumption as compared to other existing algorithms like DV-Hop, IWCDV-Hop, and IDV-Hop. Conclusion: From the simulated results, it is concluded that the proposed algorithm offers 36% accurate localization than traditional DV-Hop and 21 % than IDV-Hop and 13% than IWCDV-Hop.

scholarly journals Fuzzy Logic-Based Geographic Routing Protocol for Dynamic Wireless Sensor Networks

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xing Hu ◽  
Linhua Ma ◽  
Yongqiang Ding ◽  
Jin Xu ◽  
Yan Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Routing Protocol ◽  
Geographic Routing ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Location Information ◽  
Destination Node ◽  
Routing Overhead ◽  
Geographic Routing Protocol

The geographic routing protocol only requires the location information of local nodes for routing decisions, and is considered very efficient in multi-hop wireless sensor networks. However, in dynamic wireless sensor networks, it increases the routing overhead while obtaining the location information of destination nodes by using a location server algorithm. In addition, the routing void problem and location inaccuracy problem also occur in geographic routing. To solve these problems, a novel fuzzy logic-based geographic routing protocol (FLGR) is proposed. The selection criteria and parameters for the assessment of the next forwarding node are also proposed. In FLGR protocol, the next forward node can be selected based on the fuzzy location region of the destination node. Finally, the feasibility of the FLGR forwarding mode is verified and the performance of FLGR protocol is analyzed via simulation. Simulation results show that the proposed FLGR forwarding mode can effectively avoid the routing void problem. Compared with existing protocols, the FLGR protocol has lower routing overhead, and a higher packet delivery rate in a sparse network.

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