A Secure Hierarchical Key Management Scheme in Wireless Sensor Network

Due to the vulnerable environment, limited recourse and open communication channel, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are necessary to be protected from various attacks. The key management is an important way to protect the communication in WSNs. In this paper, we present a hierarchical key management...

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Main Authors: Yiying Zhang, Xiangzhen Li, Jianming Liu, Jucheng Yang, Baojiang Cui
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-09-01
Series:International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/547471
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description Due to the vulnerable environment, limited recourse and open communication channel, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are necessary to be protected from various attacks. The key management is an important way to protect the communication in WSNs. In this paper, we present a hierarchical key management scheme (HKMS) which can efficiently enhance the security and survivability for the clustered WSNs. Different from previous works, the HKMS distributes keys based on hop counts and one-way function by the clustered architecture, which not only localizes the key things but also has no overhead. The HKMS provides the session keys among sensors and the cluster key between the cluster head and member nodes. The HKMS dynamically generates different keys based on different hops in different periods which can protect the network from the compromised nodes and reduce the high probability of the common keys without any special sensors (such as the anchor nodes). The security analysis and simulation show the HKMS can prevent several attacks effectively and reduce the energy consumption.
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spelling doaj-art-52bb3cc8f34846efa8b3e9145fc1f9c92025-08-20T03:36:34ZengWileyInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks1550-14772012-09-01810.1155/2012/547471A Secure Hierarchical Key Management Scheme in Wireless Sensor NetworkYiying Zhang0Xiangzhen Li1Jianming Liu2Jucheng Yang3Baojiang Cui4 Department of Production & Technology, State Grid Information & Telecommunication Company Ltd., Beijing 100761, China IoT Center, State Grid Electric Power Research Institute, Nanjing 210003, China Department of Production & Technology, State Grid Information & Telecommunication Company Ltd., Beijing 100761, China College of Computer Science & Information Engineering, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300222, China School of Electronic Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, ChinaDue to the vulnerable environment, limited recourse and open communication channel, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are necessary to be protected from various attacks. The key management is an important way to protect the communication in WSNs. In this paper, we present a hierarchical key management scheme (HKMS) which can efficiently enhance the security and survivability for the clustered WSNs. Different from previous works, the HKMS distributes keys based on hop counts and one-way function by the clustered architecture, which not only localizes the key things but also has no overhead. The HKMS provides the session keys among sensors and the cluster key between the cluster head and member nodes. The HKMS dynamically generates different keys based on different hops in different periods which can protect the network from the compromised nodes and reduce the high probability of the common keys without any special sensors (such as the anchor nodes). The security analysis and simulation show the HKMS can prevent several attacks effectively and reduce the energy consumption.https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/547471
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