Key Establishment Using Group Information for Wireless Sensor Networks

William Claycomb; Rodrigo Lopes; Dongwan Shin; Byunggi Kim

Sensor Systems and Software. First International ICST Conference, S-CUBE 2009, Pisa, Italy, September 7-9, 2009, Revised Selected Papers

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Key Establishment Using Group Information for Wireless Sensor Networks

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-11528-8_5,
    author={William Claycomb and Rodrigo Lopes and Dongwan Shin and Byunggi Kim},
    title={Key Establishment Using Group Information for Wireless Sensor Networks},
    proceedings={Sensor Systems and Software. First International ICST Conference, S-CUBE 2009, Pisa, Italy, September 7-9, 2009, Revised Selected Papers},
    proceedings_a={S-CUBE},
    year={2012},
    month={5},
    keywords={Group-based security key establishment wireless sensor networks},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-642-11528-8_5}
}

William Claycomb
Rodrigo Lopes
Dongwan Shin
Byunggi Kim
Year: 2012
Key Establishment Using Group Information for Wireless Sensor Networks
S-CUBE
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11528-8_5

William Claycomb¹^,*, Rodrigo Lopes¹^,*, Dongwan Shin¹^,*, Byunggi Kim²^,*

1: New Mexico Tech
2: Soongsil University

*Contact email: billc@nmt.edu, rodrigo@nmt.edu, doshin@nmt.edu, bgkim@comp.ssu.ac.kr

Abstract

Wireless sensor networks are commonly used for critical security tasks such as intrusion or tamper detection, and therefore must be protected. To date, security of these networks relies mostly on key establishment and routing protocols. We present a new approach to key establishment, which combines a group-based distribution model and identity-based cryptography. Using this solution enables sensor nodes to authenticate each other, and provides them with a structure to build secure communications between one another, and between various groups. Using our key establishment protocol, we show how to reduce or prevent significant attacks on wireless sensor networks.

Keywords: Group-based security key establishment wireless sensor networks

Published: 2012-05-25

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11528-8_5