A New User Authentication Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks Using Elliptic Curves Cryptography. (11th April 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shi, Wenbo; Gong, Peng
• Other Names: Khan Muhammad Khurram Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: International journal of distributed sensor networks. (2013)
• Publication Date: 2013-04-11
• Subjects: Sensor networks -- Periodicals; Intelligent agents (Computer software) -- Periodicals; Multisensor data fusion -- Periodicals; 681.2
• DOI: 10.1155/2013/730831
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1550-1329

Abstract

Abstract : User authentication in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is a critical security issue due to their unattended and hostile deployment in the field. Since sensor nodes are equipped with limited computing power, storage, and communication modules, authenticating remote users in such resource-constrained environments is a paramount security concern. To overcome the weaknesses of Yeh et al.'s protocol, we proposed a new authentication protocol for wireless sensor networks using elliptic curves cryptography. The comparisons show that our protocol is more suitable for WSNs.