Secure Group communication in Wireless Sensor Networks

Omar Cheikhrouhou

ISBN 10: 3659423831 / ISBN 13: 9783659423833

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2013

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - A wireless sensor network designates a wireless network composed of numerous sensor nodes spatially distributed over an area in order to collect information. The sensor nodes communicate wirelessly with each other in order to self-organize into a multi-hop network, collaborate in the sensing activity and forward the acquired information towards a collector node called base station or sink. Due to the collaborative characteristic of such networks, sensor nodes may self-organize into groups to cooperatively monitor environmental conditions or perform tasks. In some critical applications (such as military, healthcare, etc.), information exchanged between group members (sensor nodes) needs to be secured. Therefore, a Secure Group Communication (SGC) scheme must be applied to protect the communication inside the group from potential attacks (such as eavesdropping, injecting, modifying messages, etc.). Moreover, the secure group communication scheme must address the group membership operations (new sensor nodes may join the group, and current sensor nodes can leave the group) to avoid potential attacks such as impersonation, denial-of-service, unauthorized access, etc.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Secure Group communication in Wireless Sensor Networks
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659423831
• ISBN 13: 9783659423833
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 10D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 10 millimeters depth
• Weight: 256 grams

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Synopsis

A wireless sensor network designates a wireless network composed of numerous sensor nodes spatially distributed over an area in order to collect information. The sensor nodes communicate wirelessly with each other in order to self-organize into a multi-hop network, collaborate in the sensing activity and forward the acquired information towards a collector node called base station or sink. Due to the collaborative characteristic of such networks, sensor nodes may self-organize into groups to cooperatively monitor environmental conditions or perform tasks. In some critical applications (such as military, healthcare, etc.), information exchanged between group members (sensor nodes) needs to be secured. Therefore, a Secure Group Communication (SGC) scheme must be applied to protect the communication inside the group from potential attacks (such as eavesdropping, injecting, modifying messages, etc.). Moreover, the secure group communication scheme must address the group membership operations (new sensor nodes may join the group, and current sensor nodes can leave the group) to avoid potential attacks such as impersonation, denial-of-service, unauthorized access, etc.

About the Author

Dr.Omar Cheikhrouhou is an Assistant Professor at the Higher Institute of Computer Science in Mahdia (Tunisia). He is also a Ph.D at CES Lab (Computer and Embedded System), University of Sfax, National School of Engineers. His research fields are mainly Wireless sensor networks, Security, Wireless communication Security, MultiRobots Collaboration.