TY - GEN
T1 - Towards efficient anonymous communications in sensor networks
AU - Chen, Juan
AU - Zhang, Hongli
AU - Fang, Binxing
AU - Du, Xiaojiang
AU - Yin, Lihua
AU - Yu, Xiangzhan
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Anonymous communication is a challenging task in resource constrained wireless sensor networks (WSN). However, anonymity is important for many sensor networks, in which we want to conceal the location and identify of important nodes (such as source nodes and base stations) from attackers. Existing WSN anonymous protocols either cannot achieve complete anonymity, or have large computation and/or storage overheads. In this paper, we present an efficient anonymous communication protocol for sensor networks. Our protocol can achieve sender/source anonymity, communication -relationship anonymity, and the base station anonymity simultaneously, while having small overheads on computation, storage and communication.
AB - Anonymous communication is a challenging task in resource constrained wireless sensor networks (WSN). However, anonymity is important for many sensor networks, in which we want to conceal the location and identify of important nodes (such as source nodes and base stations) from attackers. Existing WSN anonymous protocols either cannot achieve complete anonymity, or have large computation and/or storage overheads. In this paper, we present an efficient anonymous communication protocol for sensor networks. Our protocol can achieve sender/source anonymity, communication -relationship anonymity, and the base station anonymity simultaneously, while having small overheads on computation, storage and communication.
KW - anonymous communication
KW - lightweight
KW - security
KW - wireless sensor networks
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U2 - 10.1109/GLOCOM.2011.6133560
DO - 10.1109/GLOCOM.2011.6133560
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84863136769
SN - 9781424492688
T3 - GLOBECOM - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference
BT - 2011 IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, GLOBECOM 2011
T2 - 54th Annual IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference: "Energizing Global Communications", GLOBECOM 2011
Y2 - 5 December 2011 through 9 December 2011
ER -