scholarly journals Efficient and Secure Key Distribution Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 3569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majid Alshammari ◽  
Khaled Elleithy
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Ieee 802.15.4 ◽  
Key Distribution ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Resource Constrained ◽  
Medium Access ◽  
Replay Attack ◽  
Wireless Sensor Nodes

Modern wireless sensor networks have adopted the IEEE 802.15.4 standard. This standard defines the first two layers, the physical and medium access control layers; determines the radio wave used for communication; and defines the 128-bit advanced encryption standard (AES-128) for encrypting and validating the transmitted data. However, the standard does not specify how to manage, store, or distribute the encryption keys. Many solutions have been proposed to address this problem, but the majority are impractical in resource-constrained devices such as wireless sensor nodes or cause degradation of other metrics. Therefore, we propose an efficient and secure key distribution protocol that is simple, practical, and feasible to implement on resource-constrained wireless sensor nodes. We conduct simulations and hardware implementations to analyze our work and compare it to existing solutions based on different metrics such as energy consumption, storage overhead, key connectivity, replay attack, man-in-the-middle attack, and resiliency to node capture attack. Our findings show that the proposed protocol is secure and more efficient than other solutions.

scholarly journals Calculating the Number of Cluster Heads Based on the Rate-Distortion Function in Wireless Sensor Networks

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Mingxin Yang ◽  
Jingsha He ◽  
Yuqiang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Data Fusion ◽  
Rate Distortion ◽  
Distortion Function ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Wireless Sensor Nodes ◽  
Cluster Heads

Due to limited resources in wireless sensor nodes, energy efficiency is considered as one of the primary constraints in the design of the topology of wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Since data that are collected by wireless sensor nodes exhibit the characteristics of temporal association, data fusion has also become a very important means of reducing network traffic as well as eliminating data redundancy as far as data transmission is concerned. Another reason for data fusion is that, in many applications, only some of the data that are collected can meet the requirements of the sink node. In this paper, we propose a method to calculate the number of cluster heads or data aggregators during data fusion based on the rate-distortion function. In our discussion, we will first establish an energy consumption model and then describe a method for calculating the number of cluster heads from the point of view of reducing energy consumption. We will also show through theoretical analysis and experimentation that the network topology design based on the rate-distortion function is indeed more energy-efficient.

scholarly journals Wireless Sensor Networks for Indoor Environment Monitoring Using LabVIEW

2011 ◽  
pp. 87-90
Author(s):  
Mrutyunjay Rout ◽  
Dr. Harish Kumar Verma ◽  
Subhashree Das
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Indoor Environment ◽  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Environment Monitoring ◽  
Wireless Sensor Nodes ◽  
Local Decision ◽  
Mems Technology

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have gained worldwide attention in recent years, particularly with the rapid progress in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology which has facilitated the development of smart sensors. These sensors are small, with limited processing and computing resources, and they are inexpensive compared to traditional sensors. These sensor nodes can sense, measure, and gather information from the environment and, based on some local decision process, they can transmit the sensed data to the user. WSNs are large networks made of a numerous number of sensor nodes with sensing, computation, and wireless communication capabilities. In present work we provide a brief summary of the state-ofthe- art in wireless sensor networks, investigate the feasibility of indoor environment monitoring using crossbow wireless sensor nodes. Here we used nesC programming language and TinyOS operating system for programming Crossbow sensor nodes and LabVIEW GUI is used for displaying different indoor environmental parameters such as temperature, humidity and light acquired from different Wireless sensor nodes. These sensor readings can help building administrators to monitor the physical conditions of the environment in a building for creating optimized energy usage.

A Review of Multi-Channel Medium Access Control Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 39-53
Author(s):  
Hanan Alahmadi ◽  
Fatma Boabdullah
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Mac Protocols ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Medium Access Control Protocols ◽  
Medium Access ◽  
Momentum Spread ◽  
High Data ◽  
Multichannel Mac

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are witnessing a momentum spread especially with the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm. Indeed, WSNs are considered as the main enabling infrastructure for IoT networks. Nowadays, the emerging WSNs applications require not only long network lifespan but also considerably high data rate. Consequently, conceiving Multichannel MAC protocols that save the scarceenergy budget of sensor nodes while providing high network throughput is crucial for the emerging WSNs applications. In this paper, a thorough review of recent multichannel MAC protocols is provided along with a classification framework to deeply understand the design aspects for each protocol.

Cost Minimization of Sensor Placement and Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks

2020 ◽  
pp. 1286-1301
Author(s):  
Tata Jagannadha Swamy ◽  
Garimella Rama Murthy
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Cost Minimization ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Wireless Sensor Nodes ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Strongly Connected ◽  
Placement And Routing

Wireless Sensor Nodes (WSNs) are small in size and have limited energy resources. Recent technological advances have facilitated widespread use of wireless sensor networks in many real world applications. In real life situations WSN has to cover an area or monitor a number of nodes on a plane. Sensor node's coverage range is proportional to their cost, as high cost sensor nodes have higher coverage ranges. The main goal of this paper is to minimize the node placement cost with the help of uniform and non-uniform 2D grid planes. Authors propose a new algorithm for data transformation between strongly connected sensor nodes, based on graph theory.

Applied Technology for Typical Attacks and Security Mechanisms in Wireless Sensor Networks

2014 ◽  
Vol 977 ◽  
pp. 484-490
Author(s):  
Run Zeng
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Security Requirements ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Sensitive Information ◽  
Resource Constrained ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Applied Technology ◽  
The Way

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are used in many applications in military and commercial areas. These applications often include the monitoring of sensitive information such as enemy movement on the battlefield or the location of personnel in a building. However, due to the highly resource constrained in sensor nodes, traditional security strategies always can do few with attacks on WSNs. In this Paper, we proposes a study of attacks and security mechanisms in WSNs. First, we summarize the attacks to WSNs and the security requirements based on the TCP\IP networking model, then we present the security solutions to each attack. Along the way we highlight the advantages and disadvantages of various WSN solutions and further compare and evaluate these solutions.

scholarly journals DESIGN ISSUES AND CLASSIFICATION OF WSNS OPERATING SYSTEMS

2013 ◽  
pp. 281-285
Author(s):  
ANIL KUMAR SHARMA ◽  
SURENDRA KUMAR PATEL ◽  
GUPTESHWAR GUPTA
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Operating Systems ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Design Issues ◽  
Wireless Sensor Nodes ◽  
Computing Environments ◽  
Computational Resources

Wireless Sensor Networks is an emerging area of research. Wireless Sensor networks (WSNs) face lot of problems that do not arise in other types of wireless networks and computing environments. Limited computational resources, power constraints, low reliability and higher density of sensor nodes (motes) are just some basic problems that have to be considered when designing or selecting a new operating system in order to evaluate the performance of wireless sensor nodes (motes). In this paper we focused on design issues, challenges and classification of operating systems for WSNs.

scholarly journals Future Trends in Wireless Sensor Network (WSN)

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6S2) ◽  
pp. 480-482
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Wireless Sensor Network ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Network ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Wireless Sensor Nodes ◽  
Military Application ◽  
Remote Environment

In part years wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have shown great improvement and also have become trusted areas in research. A wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is made up of many wireless sensor nodes that provides the source field and sink of a wireless network. The ability to sense the surrounding nodes, computing and connecting to other nodes wirelessly provide the wireless sensor network s(WSNs).the application of WSN is seen in many areas like military application, tracking, monitoring remote environment, surveillance, healthcare department and so on. Because of wide application the challenges for better developed technology and improvement have increased .this paper discuss some of the recent and future trends of Wireless sensor network. [1],[ 3],[5]

scholarly journals Characterization and Modeling of Received Signal Strength and Charging Time for Wireless Energy Transfer

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uthman Baroudi ◽  
Amin-ud-din Qureshi ◽  
Samir Mekid
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Signal Strength ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Wireless Energy Transfer ◽  
Wireless Sensor Nodes ◽  
Charging Time ◽  
Indoor And Outdoor

Wireless sensor networks can provide effective means for monitoring and controlling a wide range of applications. Recently, tremendous effort was directed towards devising sensors powered from ambient sources such as heat, wind, and vibration. Wireless energy transfer is another source that has attractive features that make it a promising candidate for supplying power to wireless sensor nodes. This paper is concerned with characterizing and modeling the charging time and received signal strength indicator for wireless energy transfer system. These parameters play a vital role in deciding the geometry of sensor network and the routing protocols to be deployed. The development of communication protocols for wireless-powered wireless sensor networks is also improved with the knowledge of such models. These two quantities were computed from data acquired at various coordinates of the harvester relative to a fixed position of RF energy source. Data was acquired for indoor and outdoor scenarios using the commercially available PowerCast energy harvester and evaluation board. Mathematical models for both indoor and outdoor environments were developed and analyzed. A few guidelines on how to use these models were suggested. Finally, the possibility of harvesting the energy from the ambient RF power to energize wireless sensor nodes was also investigated.

A Lifetime Forecast Scheme for a Distributed Low Duty Cycle Multi-Hop Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Oliver Stecklina ◽  
Peter Langendörfer ◽  
Christian Goltz
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Duty Cycle ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Simulation Framework ◽  
Wireless Sensor Nodes ◽  
Low Duty Cycle ◽  
Broad Variety ◽  
Minimal Effort

Wireless sensor nodes become more and more attractive for a broad variety of application scenarios. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) can be easily deployed and they require by design low maintenance effort. But running installations are still rare, because real world requirements and environmental conditions are even today a big challenge. Especially in multi-hop networks a minimum lifetime of several years cannot be achieved globally. In this paper, the authors present a Distributed Low Duty Cycle (DLDC) based Multi-Hop Routing (MHR) protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks guaranteeing a minimum network lifetime. The authors introduce a forecast scheme to calculate the expected life of a node with a minimal effort. The authors are convinced that by using a forecast scheme the network topology and the used protocols can be easily optimized before deploying the network. The authors evaluated their forecast scheme by measuring real sensor node parameters and simulating an example network in the Castalia simulation framework. The authors demonstrated that by using the proposed scheme an energy consumption forecast with a deviation of less than three per cent can be achieved.

Medium Access Control Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks

2012 ◽  
pp. 367-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pardeep Kumar ◽  
Mesut Gunes
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Access Control ◽  
Medium Access Control ◽  
Mac Protocol ◽  
Mac Protocols ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Medium Access ◽  
Basic Network

This chapter provides an overall understanding of the design aspects of Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). A WSN MAC protocol shares the wireless broadcast medium among sensor nodes and creates a basic network infrastructure for them to communicate with each other. The MAC protocol also has a direct influence on the network lifetime of WSNs as it controls the activities of the radio, which is the most power-consuming component of resource-scarce sensor nodes. In this chapter, the authors first discuss the basics of MAC design for WSNs and present a set of important MAC attributes. Subsequently, authors discuss the main categories of MAC protocols proposed for WSNs and highlight their strong and weak points. After briefly outlining different MAC protocols falling in each category, the authors provide a substantial comparison of these protocols for several parameters. Lastly, the chapter discusses future research directions on open issues in this field that have mostly been overlooked.

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