Secure, Flexible and Robust Intra-Cluster Key Management Framework for Clustered Sensor Networks

Title:Secure, Flexible and Robust Intra-Cluster Key Management Framework for Clustered Sensor Networks

Volume: 10 Issue: 2

Author(s): Ya-Nan Liu*Ru-Chan Dong

Affiliation:

• School of Software Engineering, Jinling Institue of Technology, P.O. Box: 211169, Nanjing,China

Keywords: Framework, intra-cluster, key management, pairwise key, sensor network, threshold.

Abstract: Background: A secure, flexible and robust intra-cluster key management framework is proposed as a general solution to establish the pairwise key between a sensor and its cluster head in sensor networks.

Methods: Based on the classical low-energy key management (LEKM) protocol, this framework employs the threshold secret sharing in the key pre-distribution and pairwise key establishment phases.

Results: Compared to the LEKM protocol, the framework inherits the low-energy advantage and improves the flexibility, the robustness, and the resilience against node capture attacks.

Conclusion: Theoretical analysis and simulation prove that this framework has many advantages: firstly, it improves the security against node capture attack compared to probabilistic schemes; secondly, it is flexible in key revocation/renewal operations by using the threshold technique; thirdly, it is robust against CH nodes capture attack, which is achieved by guaranteeing high connectivity after node recovery. At last, it inherits the energy-efficient property of the LEKM protocol, which is optimal in saving the energy consumption of low-power sensors.

Cite this article as:

Liu Ya-Nan *, Dong Ru-Chan , Secure, Flexible and Robust Intra-Cluster Key Management Framework for Clustered Sensor Networks, Recent Advances in Electrical & Electronic Engineering 2017; 10 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2352096510666170602124056

DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2352096510666170602124056	Print ISSN 2352-0965
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher	Online ISSN 2352-0973