Privacy-Preserving Data Aggregation Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks: A Survey

Many wireless sensor network (WSN) applications require privacy-preserving aggregation of sensor data during transmission from the source nodes to the sink node. In this paper, we explore several existing privacy-preserving data aggregation (PPDA) protocols for WSNs in order to provide some insights...

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Main Authors: Rabindra Bista, Jae-Woo Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2010-05-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/10/5/4577/
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Summary:Many wireless sensor network (WSN) applications require privacy-preserving aggregation of sensor data during transmission from the source nodes to the sink node. In this paper, we explore several existing privacy-preserving data aggregation (PPDA) protocols for WSNs in order to provide some insights on their current status. For this, we evaluate the PPDA protocols on the basis of such metrics as communication and computation costs in order to demonstrate their potential for supporting privacy-preserving data aggregation in WSNs. In addition, based on the existing research, we enumerate some important future research directions in the field of privacy-preserving data aggregation for WSNs.
ISSN:1424-8220