Energy-Aware Security Adaptation for Low-Power IoT Applications
The constant evolution in communication infrastructures will enable new Internet of Things (IoT) applications, particularly in areas that, up to today, have been mostly enabled by closed or proprietary technologies. Such applications will be enabled by a myriad of wireless communication technologies...
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| description | The constant evolution in communication infrastructures will enable new Internet of Things (IoT) applications, particularly in areas that, up to today, have been mostly enabled by closed or proprietary technologies. Such applications will be enabled by a myriad of wireless communication technologies designed for all types of IoT devices, among which are the Long-Range Wide-Area Network (LoRaWAN) or other Low-power and Wide-Area Networks (LPWAN) communication technologies. This applies to many critical environments, such as industrial control and healthcare, where wireless communications are yet to be broadly adopted. Two fundamental requirements to effectively support upcoming critical IoT applications are those of energy management and security. We may note that those are, in fact, contradictory goals. On the one hand, many IoT devices depend on the usage of batteries while, on the other hand, adequate security mechanisms need to be in place to protect devices and communications from threats against their stability and security. With thismotivation in mind, we propose a solution to address the management, in tandem, of security and energy in LoRaWAN IoT communication environments. We propose and evaluate an architecture in the context of which adaptation logic is used to manage security and energy dynamically, with the goal of guaranteeing appropriate security, while promoting the lifetime of constrained sensing devices. The proposed solution was implemented and experimentally evaluated and was observed to successfully manage security and energy. Security and energy are managed in line with the requirements of the application at hand, the characteristics of the constrained sensing devices employed and the detection, as well as the threat, of particular types of attacks. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-66ac186d1f4d40759c714a79fa09c8f22023-11-30T21:47:19ZengMDPI AGNetwork2673-87322022-01-0121365210.3390/network2010003Energy-Aware Security Adaptation for Low-Power IoT ApplicationsMiguel Rosendo0Jorge Granjal1Centre for Informatics and Systems, University of Coimbra, 3030-290 Coimbra, PortugalCentre for Informatics and Systems, University of Coimbra, 3030-290 Coimbra, PortugalThe constant evolution in communication infrastructures will enable new Internet of Things (IoT) applications, particularly in areas that, up to today, have been mostly enabled by closed or proprietary technologies. Such applications will be enabled by a myriad of wireless communication technologies designed for all types of IoT devices, among which are the Long-Range Wide-Area Network (LoRaWAN) or other Low-power and Wide-Area Networks (LPWAN) communication technologies. This applies to many critical environments, such as industrial control and healthcare, where wireless communications are yet to be broadly adopted. Two fundamental requirements to effectively support upcoming critical IoT applications are those of energy management and security. We may note that those are, in fact, contradictory goals. On the one hand, many IoT devices depend on the usage of batteries while, on the other hand, adequate security mechanisms need to be in place to protect devices and communications from threats against their stability and security. With thismotivation in mind, we propose a solution to address the management, in tandem, of security and energy in LoRaWAN IoT communication environments. We propose and evaluate an architecture in the context of which adaptation logic is used to manage security and energy dynamically, with the goal of guaranteeing appropriate security, while promoting the lifetime of constrained sensing devices. The proposed solution was implemented and experimentally evaluated and was observed to successfully manage security and energy. Security and energy are managed in line with the requirements of the application at hand, the characteristics of the constrained sensing devices employed and the detection, as well as the threat, of particular types of attacks.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-8732/2/1/3IoTLoRaWANLPWANend-to-end securityenergy and securitydynamic security adaptation |
| spellingShingle | Miguel Rosendo Jorge Granjal Energy-Aware Security Adaptation for Low-Power IoT Applications Network IoT LoRaWAN LPWAN end-to-end security energy and security dynamic security adaptation |
| title | Energy-Aware Security Adaptation for Low-Power IoT Applications |
| title_full | Energy-Aware Security Adaptation for Low-Power IoT Applications |
| title_fullStr | Energy-Aware Security Adaptation for Low-Power IoT Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Energy-Aware Security Adaptation for Low-Power IoT Applications |
| title_short | Energy-Aware Security Adaptation for Low-Power IoT Applications |
| title_sort | energy aware security adaptation for low power iot applications |
| topic | IoT LoRaWAN LPWAN end-to-end security energy and security dynamic security adaptation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-8732/2/1/3 |
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