Multi-user broadcast authentication in wireless sensor networks

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-27-2009

Abstract

Broadcast authentication is a critical security service in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), as it allows mobile users of WSNs to broadcast messages to multiple sensor nodes in a secure way. Although symmetric-key-based solutions such as μ TESLA and multilevel μTESLA have been proposed, they all suffer from severe energy-depletion attacks resulting from the nature of delayed message authentication. This paper presents several efficient public-key-based schemes to achieve immediate broadcast authentication and thus avoid the security vulnerability that is intrinsic to μTESLA-like schemes. Our schemes are built upon the unique integration of several cryptographic techniques, including the Bloom filter, the partial message-recovery signature scheme, and the Merkle hash tree. We prove the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed schemes by a comprehensive quantitative analysis of their energy consumption in both computation and communication. © 2009 IEEE.

Identifier

70350230005 (Scopus)

Publication Title

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2009.2019663

ISSN

00189545

First Page

4554

Last Page

4564

Issue

8

Volume

58

Grant

CNS-0626601

Fund Ref

National Science Foundation

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