Multi-user broadcast authentication in wireless sensor networks

Kui Ren, Shucheng Yu, Wenjing Lou, Yachao Zhang

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Abstract

Broadcast authentication is a critical security service in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), as it allows mobile users of WSNs to broadcast messages to multiple sensor nodes in a secure way. Although symmetric-key-based solutions such as μ TESLA and multilevel μTESLA have been proposed, they all suffer from severe energy-depletion attacks resulting from the nature of delayed message authentication. This paper presents several efficient public-key-based schemes to achieve immediate broadcast authentication and thus avoid the security vulnerability that is intrinsic to μTESLA-like schemes. Our schemes are built upon the unique integration of several cryptographic techniques, including the Bloom filter, the partial message-recovery signature scheme, and the Merkle hash tree. We prove the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed schemes by a comprehensive quantitative analysis of their energy consumption in both computation and communication.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4554-4564
Number of pages11
JournalIEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Volume58
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

Keywords

  • Broadcast authentication
  • Multiuser
  • Security
  • Wireless sensor networks (WSNs)

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