Practical Algorithm for Data Security (PADS) in Wireless Sensor Networks
Abstract
When data are generated in sensor networks, high-speed data streams travel through the network. Traditional security approaches are often unable to keep up with the rates of the streams or they introduce overhead, which shortens the life of the network. The approach proposed in this paper is one that solves the problems posed above. By embedding a one-time pad, the actual value is distorted enough to make any information gleaned from eavesdropping useless to an attacker. The use of the one-time pad ensures that the data were indeed received from a particular sensor, and it gives adequate protection against injected messages. The simulation shows this approach provides security with negligible overhead while the throughput is similar to the same network without security.
Recommended Citation
J. Albath and S. K. Madria, "Practical Algorithm for Data Security (PADS) in Wireless Sensor Networks," Proceedings of the 6th ACM international workshop on Data engineering for wireless and mobile access, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Jan 2007.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1145/1254850.1254853
Department(s)
Computer Science
Keywords and Phrases
Data Stream; Security; Sensor Networks
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2007 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2007
