Achieving Network Level Privacy in Wireless Sensor Networks†

Sensors

Riaz Ahmed Shaikh³  Hassan Jameel¹  Brian J. d𠆚uriol³  Heejo Lee²  Sungyoung Lee³ 

[1] Computing Department, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia; E-Mail:;Department of Computer Science & Engeering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea; E-Mail:;Department of Computer Engeering, Kyung Hee University, Global Campus, Korea; E-Mails:

关键词: anonymity;    eavesdropping;    hop-by-hop trace back;    privacy;    routing;    wireless sensor networks;   

DOI  :  10.3390/s100301447

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Full network level privacy has often been categorized into four sub-categories: Identity, Route, Location and Data privacy. Achieving full network level privacy is a critical and challenging problem due to the constraints imposed by the sensor nodes (e.g., energy, memory and computation power), sensor networks (e.g., mobility and topology) and QoS issues (e.g., packet reach-ability and timeliness). In this paper, we proposed two new identity, route and location privacy algorithms and data privacy mechanism that addresses this problem. The proposed solutions provide additional trustworthiness and reliability at modest cost of memory and energy. Also, we proved that our proposed solutions provide protection against various privacy disclosure attacks, such as eavesdropping and hop-by-hop trace back attacks.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
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