Research Article
Lightweight Authentication System for Software-Defined Wireless Sensor Networks
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-031-81570-6_10, author={Amado Illy and Youssou Faye and Tiguiane Yelemou}, title={Lightweight Authentication System for Software-Defined Wireless Sensor Networks}, proceedings={Towards new e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries. 15th International Conference, AFRICOMM 2023, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, November 23--25, 2023, Proceedings, Part I}, proceedings_a={AFRICOMM}, year={2025}, month={2}, keywords={Resource-constrained networks Sybil attack Authentication Elliptic curves}, doi={10.1007/978-3-031-81570-6_10} }- Amado Illy
Youssou Faye
Tiguiane Yelemou
Year: 2025
Lightweight Authentication System for Software-Defined Wireless Sensor Networks
AFRICOMM
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-81570-6_10
Abstract
Sybil attack consists to generate several false identities in order to bypass access control and thus produce false messages to seriously undermine the normal operation of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). It is considered one of the major threats to WSNs. The problem has been widely taken into account by researchers. However, detecting this attack and effectively countering it in the context of resource-constrained connected objects remains a challenge. In this paper, we propose a lightweight authentication system based on elliptic curve cryptography to counter this attack. This asymmetric encryption system uses smaller encryption keys than RSA and EL-Gamal, but offers the same level of security.
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