PAuthKey: A Pervasive Authentication Protocol and Key Establishment Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks in Distributed IoT Applications

Wireless sensor Networks (WSNs) deployed in distributed Internet of Things (IoT) applications should be integrated into the Internet. According to the distributed architecture, sensor nodes measure data, process, exchange information, and perform collaboratively with other sensor nodes and end-users...

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Main Authors: Pawani Porambage, Corinna Schmitt, Pardeep Kumar, Andrei Gurtov, Mika Ylianttila
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-07-01
Series:International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/357430
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author Pawani Porambage
Corinna Schmitt
Pardeep Kumar
Andrei Gurtov
Mika Ylianttila
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description Wireless sensor Networks (WSNs) deployed in distributed Internet of Things (IoT) applications should be integrated into the Internet. According to the distributed architecture, sensor nodes measure data, process, exchange information, and perform collaboratively with other sensor nodes and end-users, which can be internal or external to the network. In order to maintain the trustworthy connectivity and the accessibility of distributed IoT, it is important to establish secure links for end-to-end communication with a strong pervasive authentication mechanism. However, due to the resource constraints and heterogeneous characteristics of the devices, traditional authentication and key management schemes are not effective for such applications. This paper proposes a pervasive lightweight authentication and keying mechanism for WSNs in distributed IoT applications, in which the sensor nodes can establish secured links with peer sensor nodes and end-users. The established authentication scheme PAuthKey is based on implicit certificates and it provides application level end-to-end security. A comprehensive description for the scenario based behavior of the protocol is presented. With the performance evaluation and the security analysis, it is justified that the proposed scheme is viable to deploy in the resource constrained WSNs.
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spelling doaj-art-1afd45c8ce5e4b0bbfa6053db29237032025-08-20T03:17:43ZengWileyInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks1550-14772014-07-011010.1155/2014/357430357430PAuthKey: A Pervasive Authentication Protocol and Key Establishment Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks in Distributed IoT ApplicationsPawani Porambage0Corinna Schmitt1Pardeep Kumar2Andrei Gurtov3Mika Ylianttila4 Centre for Wireless Communications, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 4500, 90014 Oulu, Finland Department of Informatics, University of Zurich, Binzmühlestrasse 14, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland Centre for Wireless Communications, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 4500, 90014 Oulu, Finland Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Aalto University, 00076 Aalto, Finland Centre for Wireless Communications, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 4500, 90014 Oulu, FinlandWireless sensor Networks (WSNs) deployed in distributed Internet of Things (IoT) applications should be integrated into the Internet. According to the distributed architecture, sensor nodes measure data, process, exchange information, and perform collaboratively with other sensor nodes and end-users, which can be internal or external to the network. In order to maintain the trustworthy connectivity and the accessibility of distributed IoT, it is important to establish secure links for end-to-end communication with a strong pervasive authentication mechanism. However, due to the resource constraints and heterogeneous characteristics of the devices, traditional authentication and key management schemes are not effective for such applications. This paper proposes a pervasive lightweight authentication and keying mechanism for WSNs in distributed IoT applications, in which the sensor nodes can establish secured links with peer sensor nodes and end-users. The established authentication scheme PAuthKey is based on implicit certificates and it provides application level end-to-end security. A comprehensive description for the scenario based behavior of the protocol is presented. With the performance evaluation and the security analysis, it is justified that the proposed scheme is viable to deploy in the resource constrained WSNs.https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/357430
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Andrei Gurtov
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PAuthKey: A Pervasive Authentication Protocol and Key Establishment Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks in Distributed IoT Applications
International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
title PAuthKey: A Pervasive Authentication Protocol and Key Establishment Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks in Distributed IoT Applications
title_full PAuthKey: A Pervasive Authentication Protocol and Key Establishment Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks in Distributed IoT Applications
title_fullStr PAuthKey: A Pervasive Authentication Protocol and Key Establishment Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks in Distributed IoT Applications
title_full_unstemmed PAuthKey: A Pervasive Authentication Protocol and Key Establishment Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks in Distributed IoT Applications
title_short PAuthKey: A Pervasive Authentication Protocol and Key Establishment Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks in Distributed IoT Applications
title_sort pauthkey a pervasive authentication protocol and key establishment scheme for wireless sensor networks in distributed iot applications
url https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/357430
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