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A Complete Hierarchical Key Management Scheme for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks
Joint Authors
Chen, Chien-Ming
Wu, Tsu-Yang
Zheng, Xinying
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-04-10
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Heterogeneous cluster-based wireless sensor networks (WSN) attracted increasing attention recently.
Obviously, the clustering makes the entire networks hierarchical; thus, several kinds ofkeys are required for hierarchical network topology.
However, most existing key management schemes for it place more emphasis on pairwise key management schemes or key predistribution schemes and neglect the property of hierarchy.
In this paper, we propose a complete hierarchical key management scheme which only utilizes symmetric cryptographic algorithms and low cost operations for heterogeneous cluster-based WSN.
Our scheme considers four kinds of keys, which are an individual key, a cluster key, a master key, and pairwise keys, for each sensor node.
Finally, the analysis and experiments demonstrate that the proposed scheme is secure and efficient; thus, it is suitable for heterogeneous cluster-based WSN.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Chen, Chien-Ming& Zheng, Xinying& Wu, Tsu-Yang. 2014. A Complete Hierarchical Key Management Scheme for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1051174
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Chen, Chien-Ming…[et al.]. A Complete Hierarchical Key Management Scheme for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks. The Scientific World Journal No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1051174
American Medical Association (AMA)
Chen, Chien-Ming& Zheng, Xinying& Wu, Tsu-Yang. A Complete Hierarchical Key Management Scheme for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks. The Scientific World Journal. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1051174
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1051174