A secure lightweight approach of node membership verification in Dense HDSN

Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan and Heo, Gihyuk and Hong, Choong Seon (2007) A secure lightweight approach of node membership verification in Dense HDSN. In: IEEE Military Communications Conference (IEEE MILCOM 2007), October 29-31, 2007, Orlando, Florida, USA.

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Abstract

In this paper, we consider a particular type of deployment scenario of a distributed sensor network (DSN), where sensors of different types and categories are densely deployed in the same target area. In this network, the sensors are associated with different groups, based on their functional types and after deployment they collaborate with one another in the same group for doing any assigned task for that particular group. We term this sort of DSN as a heterogeneous distributed sensor network (HDSN). Considering this scenario, we propose a secure membership verification mechanism using one-way accumulator (OWA) which ensures that, before collaborating for a particular task, any pair of nodes in the same deployment group can verify each other’s legitimacy of membership. Our scheme also supports addition and deletion of members (nodes) in a particular group in the HDSN. Our analysis shows that, the proposed scheme could work well in conjunction with other security mechanisms for sensor networks and is very effective to resist any adversary’s attempt to be included in a legitimate group in the network.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Full Paper)
Additional Information:	6841/717
Uncontrolled Keywords:	group, one way accumulator, security, sensor
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software
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:	02 Aug 2011 15:14
Last Modified:	02 Aug 2011 15:14
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/717

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