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Security in Wireless Sensor Networks Employing MACGSP6

Nitipaichit, Yuttasart (2011) Security in Wireless Sensor Networks Employing MACGSP6. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have unique characteristics which constrain them; including small energy stores, limited computation, and short range communication capability. Most traditional security algorithms use cryptographic primitives such as Public-key cryptography and are not optimized for energy usage. Employing these algorithms for the security of WSNs is often not practical. At the same time, the need for security in WSNs is unavoidable. Applications such as military, medical care, structural monitoring, and surveillance systems require information security in the network. As current security mechanisms for WSNs are not sufficient, development of new security schemes for WSNs is necessary. New security schemes may be able to take advantage of the unique properties of WSNs, such as the large numbers of nodes typical in these networks to mitigate the need for cryptographic algorithms and key distribution and management. However, taking advantage of these properties must be done in an energy efficient manner. The research examines how the redundancy in WSNs can provide some security elements. The research shows how multiple random delivery paths (MRDPs) can provide data integrity for WSNs. Second, the research employs multiple sinks to increase the total number of duplicate packets received by sinks, allowing sink voting to mitigate the packet discard rate issue of a WSN with a single sink. Third, the research examines the effectiveness of using multiple random paths in maintaining data confidentiality in WSNs. Last, the research examines the use of a rate limit to cope with packet flooding attacks in WSNs.


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Item Type: University of Pittsburgh ETD
Status: Unpublished
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailPitt UsernameORCID
Nitipaichit, Yuttasartyuttasart@gmail.com
ETD Committee:
TitleMemberEmail AddressPitt UsernameORCID
Committee ChairKabara, Joseph
Committee MemberRizzo, Piervincenzo
Committee MemberKrishnamurthy, Prashant
Committee MemberThompson, Richard
Committee MemberZadorozhny, Vladimir
Date: 6 January 2011
Date Type: Completion
Defense Date: 9 December 2010
Approval Date: 6 January 2011
Submission Date: 15 December 2010
Access Restriction: No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately.
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Schools and Programs: School of Information Sciences > Information Science
Degree: PhD - Doctor of Philosophy
Thesis Type: Doctoral Dissertation
Refereed: Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords: energy use; gossiping; MAC; multiple paths; routing protocols; security; Wireless sensor networks
Other ID: http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-12152010-231221/, etd-12152010-231221
Date Deposited: 10 Nov 2011 20:11
Last Modified: 15 Nov 2016 13:54
URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10382

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