Design, Architecture, and Security Issues in Wireless Sensor Networks

2015 ◽  
pp. 211-237
Author(s):  
Piyush Kumar Shukla ◽  
Lokesh Sharma ◽  
Kirti Raj Bhatele ◽  
Poonam Sharma ◽  
Prashant Shukla
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
System Architecture ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Future Perspectives ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Sensor Applications ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Industry Applications ◽  
Middleware Technology

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) provide a new paradigm for sensing and disseminating information from various environments, with the potential to serve many and diverse applications. In this chapter, we report the latest trends in WSN research, focusing on middleware technology and related areas, and including application design principles. We give an overview of WSNs and design aspects of applications, including existing research prototypes and industry applications. We describe the technology supporting these sensor applications from the view of system architecture and network communication. We then highlight outstanding issues and conclude with future perspectives on middleware technology.

Securing Over-the-Air Code Updates in Wireless Sensor Networks

2019 ◽  
pp. 302-328
Author(s):  
Christian Wittke ◽  
Kai Lehniger ◽  
Stefan Weidling ◽  
Mario Schoelzel
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Wireless Devices ◽  
Security Vulnerabilities ◽  
Iot Security ◽  
Software Bugs ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Internet Of Things

With the growing number of wireless devices in the internet of things (IoT), maintenance and management of these devices has become a key issue. In particular, the ability to wirelessly update devices is a must in order to fix security issues and software bugs, or to extend firmware functionality. Code update mechanisms in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), a subset of IoT networks, must handle limited resources and strict constraints. Also, over-the-air (OTA) code updates in the context of an IoT ecosystem may open new security vulnerabilities. An IoT security framework should therefore be extended with additional mechanisms to secure the OTA code update functionality. The chapter presents an overview of various OTA code update techniques for WSNs and their security flaws along with some existing attacks and possible countermeasures. It is discussed which attacks can be used more easily with the code update functionality. Countermeasures are compared as to whether they secure the weakened security objectives, giving a guideline to choose the right combination of countermeasures.

Privacy and Trust Management Schemes of Wireless Sensor Networks

2010 ◽  
pp. 290-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riaz Ahmed Shaikh ◽  
Brian J. dAuriol ◽  
Heejo Lee ◽  
Sungyoung Lee
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Trust Management ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Management Schemes ◽  
Art Research

Until recently, researchers have focused on the cryptographic-based security issues more intensively than the privacy and trust issues. However, without the incorporation of trust and privacy features, cryptographic-based security mechanisms are not capable of singlehandedly providing robustness, reliability and completeness in a security solution. In this chapter, we present generic and flexible taxonomies of privacy and trust. We also give detailed critical analyses of the state-of-the-art research, in the field of privacy and trust that is currently not available in the literature. This chapter also highlights the challenging issues and problems.

scholarly journals Convolutional technique for enhancing security in wireless sensor networks against malicious nodes

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Turki Ali Alghamdi
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Computational Complexity ◽  
Convolutional Codes ◽  
Time Instant ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Malicious Nodes ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Network Operation

Abstract Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) comprise tiny devices known as sensors. These devices are frequently employed in short-range communications and can perform various operations such as monitoring, collecting, analyzing, and processing data. WSNs do not require any infrastructure, are reliable, and can withstand adverse conditions. Sensor networks are autonomous structures in which the sensor nodes can enter or leave the network at any time instant. If the entering node is attacker node it will monitor the network operation and can cause security issues in the network that can affect communication. Existing literature presents security improvements in such networks in the form of cryptography, asymmetric techniques, key distribution, and various protocols. However, these techniques may not be effective in the case of autonomous structures and can increase computational complexity. In this paper, a convolutional technique (CT) is proposed that generates security bits using convolutional codes to prevent malicious node attacks on WSNs. Different security codes are generated at different hops and the simulation results demonstrate that the proposed technique enhances network security and reduces computational complexity compared to existing approaches.

scholarly journals Challenges, Threats, Security Issues and New Trends of Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 3907 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guang Yang ◽  
Lie Dai ◽  
Zhiqiang Wei
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Wide Class ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Underwater Environment

With the advances in technology, there has been an increasing interest from researchers and industrial institutions in the use of underwater wireless sensor networks (UWSNs). Constrained by the open acoustic channel, harsh underwater environment, and their own particularities, UWSNs are vulnerable to a wide class of security threats and malicious attacks. However, most existing research into UWSNs has not taken security into consideration. Moreover, the existing relatively mature security mechanisms for WSNs cannot be directly utilized in UWSNs. For these reasons, this article aims to present a comprehensive overview of the particularities, constraints, attacks, challenges and current security mechanisms of UWSNs. In addition, challenging, open and hot research topics are outlined.

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