Presenting an Attack-Resistant Communication Model for Secure Routing in Underwater Sensor Networks

<p>Underwater communication networks face numerous challenges, including routing, signal interference, energy consumption, and security threats. Although routing protocols are optimized for resilience against common disturbances in underwater environments, they are not specifically designed to...

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Main Authors: Tayebeh Nourali Ahari, Mehdi Sadeghzadeh
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Published: Islamic Azad University Bushehr Branch 2025-08-01
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Online Access:https://sanad.iau.ir/journal/jce/Article/1106982
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description <p>Underwater communication networks face numerous challenges, including routing, signal interference, energy consumption, and security threats. Although routing protocols are optimized for resilience against common disturbances in underwater environments, they are not specifically designed to counter attacks or malicious neighbor nodes. Key security threat factors in underwater sensor networks include limited power sources, constrained communication media, and harsh underwater conditions. Therefore, this research aims to develop a secure communication model resistant to routing attacks in underwater sensor networks. Two communication link models were considered: Scenario 1 uses a basic distance-based model, while Scenario 2 employs a probabilistic channel gain model between node pairs. Simulation results encompass four stages: 1) secure neighbor discovery under wormhole attacks; 2) initial route discovery and selection of reliable nodes for data forwarding to the sink; 3) attack detection during data distribution based on node status information for identifying Sybil attacks; 4) alternative secure path discovery for detecting malicious nodes. The proposed scheme demonstrated higher success rates compared to the basic approach and lower mobility energy costs, achieving comparable success performance.</p>
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spelling doaj-art-de0646cb5e9f4236986f4dd58280d6842025-08-20T03:41:14ZfasIslamic Azad University Bushehr Branchمهندسی مخابرات جنوب2980-92312025-08-0114565874Presenting an Attack-Resistant Communication Model for Secure Routing in Underwater Sensor NetworksTayebeh Nourali Ahari0Mehdi Sadeghzadeh1Department of Information Technology Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, IranDepartment of Computer Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran<p>Underwater communication networks face numerous challenges, including routing, signal interference, energy consumption, and security threats. Although routing protocols are optimized for resilience against common disturbances in underwater environments, they are not specifically designed to counter attacks or malicious neighbor nodes. Key security threat factors in underwater sensor networks include limited power sources, constrained communication media, and harsh underwater conditions. Therefore, this research aims to develop a secure communication model resistant to routing attacks in underwater sensor networks. Two communication link models were considered: Scenario 1 uses a basic distance-based model, while Scenario 2 employs a probabilistic channel gain model between node pairs. Simulation results encompass four stages: 1) secure neighbor discovery under wormhole attacks; 2) initial route discovery and selection of reliable nodes for data forwarding to the sink; 3) attack detection during data distribution based on node status information for identifying Sybil attacks; 4) alternative secure path discovery for detecting malicious nodes. The proposed scheme demonstrated higher success rates compared to the basic approach and lower mobility energy costs, achieving comparable success performance.</p>https://sanad.iau.ir/journal/jce/Article/1106982underwater internet of things safe neighbor discovery underwater routing wormhole attack.
spellingShingle Tayebeh Nourali Ahari
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Presenting an Attack-Resistant Communication Model for Secure Routing in Underwater Sensor Networks
مهندسی مخابرات جنوب
underwater internet of things
safe neighbor discovery
underwater routing
wormhole attack.
title Presenting an Attack-Resistant Communication Model for Secure Routing in Underwater Sensor Networks
title_full Presenting an Attack-Resistant Communication Model for Secure Routing in Underwater Sensor Networks
title_fullStr Presenting an Attack-Resistant Communication Model for Secure Routing in Underwater Sensor Networks
title_full_unstemmed Presenting an Attack-Resistant Communication Model for Secure Routing in Underwater Sensor Networks
title_short Presenting an Attack-Resistant Communication Model for Secure Routing in Underwater Sensor Networks
title_sort presenting an attack resistant communication model for secure routing in underwater sensor networks
topic underwater internet of things
safe neighbor discovery
underwater routing
wormhole attack.
url https://sanad.iau.ir/journal/jce/Article/1106982
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