On the design of secure protocols for hierarchical sensor networks. (12th April 2007)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Oliveira, Leonardo B.; Wong, Hao Chi; Loureiro, Antonio A.F.; Dahab, Ricardo
• Is Part Of: International journal of security and networks. Volume 2:Number 3/4(2007)
• Page Start: 216
• Page End: 227
• Publication Date: 2007-04-12
• Subjects: secure protocols -- wireless sensor networks -- clustered WSNs -- security -- hierarchical sensor networks -- heterogeneous sensor networks -- wireless networks -- cryptography -- symmetric key schemes; Computer networks -- Security measures -- Periodicals; 005.805
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1747-8405

Abstract

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are ad hoc networks comprising mainly small sensor nodes with limited resources and can be used to monitor areas of interest. In this paper, we propose a solution for securing heterogeneous hierarchical WSNs with an arbitrary number of levels. Our solution relies exclusively on symmetric key schemes, is highly distributed and takes into account node interaction patterns that are specific to clustered WSNs.