Abstract
A major issue to secure wireless sensor networks is key distribution. Current key distribution schemes are not fully adapted to the tiny, low-cost, and fragile sensors with limited computation capability, reduced memory size, and battery-based power supply. This paper investigates the design of an efficient key distribution and management scheme for wireless sensor networks. The proposed scheme can ensure the generation and distribution of different encryption keys intended to secure individual and group communications. This is performed based on elliptic curve public key encryption using Diffie-Hellman like key exchange and secret sharing techniques that are applied at different levels of the network topology. This scheme is more efficient and less complex than existing approaches, due to the reduced communication and processing overheads required to accomplish key exchange. Furthermore, few keys with reduced sizes are managed in sensor nodes which optimizes memory usage, and enhances scalability to large size networks.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology, ICACT |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| Pages | 687-692 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9788996865032 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2014 Jan 1 |
| Event | 16th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology: Content Centric Network Innovation!, ICACT 2014 - PyeongChang, Korea, Republic of Duration: 2014 Feb 16 → 2014 Feb 19 |
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| Other | 16th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology: Content Centric Network Innovation!, ICACT 2014 |
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| Country | Korea, Republic of |
| City | PyeongChang |
| Period | 14/2/16 → 14/2/19 |
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Keywords
- Elliptic curve cryptography
- Key management
- Security
- Wireless sensor networks
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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An efficient and scalable key management mechanism for wireless sensor networks. / Abdallah, Walid; Boudriga, Noureddine; Kim, Daehee; An, Sun-Shin.
International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology, ICACT. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. p. 687-692 6779051.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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