An RSA-Like Scheme for Multiuser Broadcast Authentication in Wireless Sensor Networks

For network users roaming in a wireless sensor network (WSN), they can broadcast queries to WSNs to obtain the latest sensed data from sensor nodes using their mobile devices. In such a scenario, each sensor node has to verify the validity of every query sent from users. In this paper, RSA-like publ...

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Main Authors: Chen-Yang Cheng, Iuon-Chang Lin, Shu-Yan Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi - SAGE Publishing 2015-09-01
Series:International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/743623
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description For network users roaming in a wireless sensor network (WSN), they can broadcast queries to WSNs to obtain the latest sensed data from sensor nodes using their mobile devices. In such a scenario, each sensor node has to verify the validity of every query sent from users. In this paper, RSA-like public key cryptography is employed to design a mechanism for multiuser broadcast authentication in WSNs. Within the proposed scheme, the use of certificates becomes optional. When users broadcast queries to WSNs, each sensor node can verify every query immediately without buffering any one. As a result, the energy cost for verifying a query by a sensor node is very small. Furthermore, our scheme provides enough scalability and security. The quantitative analyses show that our scheme is efficient in terms of storage and computational overheads.
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spelling doaj.art-fbdfe572f0f5481c9728e7adfc1165a72023-09-02T15:15:09ZengHindawi - SAGE PublishingInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks1550-14772015-09-011110.1155/2015/743623743623An RSA-Like Scheme for Multiuser Broadcast Authentication in Wireless Sensor NetworksChen-Yang Cheng0Iuon-Chang Lin1Shu-Yan Huang2 Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan Department of Photonics and Communication Engineering, Asia University, Taichung 413, Taiwan Department of Management Information Systems, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, TaiwanFor network users roaming in a wireless sensor network (WSN), they can broadcast queries to WSNs to obtain the latest sensed data from sensor nodes using their mobile devices. In such a scenario, each sensor node has to verify the validity of every query sent from users. In this paper, RSA-like public key cryptography is employed to design a mechanism for multiuser broadcast authentication in WSNs. Within the proposed scheme, the use of certificates becomes optional. When users broadcast queries to WSNs, each sensor node can verify every query immediately without buffering any one. As a result, the energy cost for verifying a query by a sensor node is very small. Furthermore, our scheme provides enough scalability and security. The quantitative analyses show that our scheme is efficient in terms of storage and computational overheads.https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/743623
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title_fullStr An RSA-Like Scheme for Multiuser Broadcast Authentication in Wireless Sensor Networks
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