Major works on the necessity and implementations of PKC in WSN: a beginner’s note

Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan (2011) Major works on the necessity and implementations of PKC in WSN: a beginner’s note. In: Security of Self-Organizing Networks: MANET, WSN, WMN, VANET. Auerbach Publications, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, USA, pp. 525-544. ISBN 9781439819197

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Abstract

A wireless sensor is a small, low-cost, low-powered device with sensing, wireless communication, and computation capabilities. While the tiny size and low cost of sensors make them lucrative for use in various applications and services, the constraints associated with those also curb exploitation of computation intensive tasks. This in fact comes as the major concern while thinking about using public key cryptography (PKC) in wireless sensor network (WSN). Within the last few years, we have seen a steep growth of research works addressing various aspects of security in wireless sensor networks. While most of the works suggest using symmetric key cryptography, a good number of works also present their success stories of using PKC in WSN. In this chapter, we present a survey on these noteworthy implementations done so far in this area. Alongside presenting the survey of the significant implementations, we also give an overview of PKC, discuss why and how it is needed for WSN, and the major hurdles to its implementation in WSN.

Item Type:	Book Chapter
Additional Information:	6841/575
Uncontrolled Keywords:	wireless sensor networks, WSN, public key cryptography, PKC,
Subjects:	T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering > TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Computer Science Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Computer Science
Depositing User:	Dr. Al-Sakib Khan Pathan
Date Deposited:	19 Jul 2011 11:04
Last Modified:	24 Dec 2011 18:14
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/575

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