Cryptography and Key Management Schemes for Wireless Sensor Networks
Abstract
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are made up of a large number of tiny sensors, which can sense, analyze, and communicate information about the outside world. These networks play a significant role in a broad range of fields, from crucial military surveillance applications to monitoring building security. Key management in WSNs is a critical task. While the security and integrity of messages communicated through these networks and the authenticity of the nodes are dependent on the robustness of the key management schemes, designing an efficient key generation, distribution, and revocation scheme is quite challenging. While resource-constrained sensor nodes should not be exposed to computationally demanding asymmetric key algorithms, the use of symmetric key-based systems leaves the entire network vulnerable to several attacks. This chapter provides a comprehensive survey of several well-known cryptographic mechanisms and key management schemes for WSNs.
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@article{arxiv.2307.00872,
title = {Cryptography and Key Management Schemes for Wireless Sensor Networks},
author = {Jaydip Sen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.00872},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
This is the preprint of the chapter that has been accepted for publication in the volume titled "Wireless Sensor Networks - Research Issues and Effective Smart Solutions" edited by J. Sen. The volume will be pblished by IntechOpen, London, UK, in 2023. This is not the final version that will be published