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Issue No.03 - March (2014 vol.25)
pp: 750-761
Huang Lu , Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Jie Li , Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Mohsen Guizani , Qatar Univ., Doha, Qatar
ABSTRACT
Secure data transmission is a critical issue for wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Clustering is an effective and practical way to enhance the system performance of WSNs. In this paper, we study a secure data transmission for cluster-based WSNs (CWSNs), where the clusters are formed dynamically and periodically. We propose two secure and efficient data transmission (SET) protocols for CWSNs, called SET-IBS and SET-IBOOS, by using the identity-based digital signature (IBS) scheme and the identity-based online/offline digital signature (IBOOS) scheme, respectively. In SET-IBS, security relies on the hardness of the Diffie-Hellman problem in the pairing domain. SET-IBOOS further reduces the computational overhead for protocol security, which is crucial for WSNs, while its security relies on the hardness of the discrete logarithm problem. We show the feasibility of the SET-IBS and SET-IBOOS protocols with respect to the security requirements and security analysis against various attacks. The calculations and simulations are provided to illustrate the efficiency of the proposed protocols. The results show that the proposed protocols have better performance than the existing secure protocols for CWSNs, in terms of security overhead and energy consumption.
INDEX TERMS
Protocols, Wireless sensor networks, Data communication, Cryptography, Digital signatures, Steady-state,secure data transmission protocol, Cluster-based WSNs, ID-based digital signature, ID-based online/offline digital signature
CITATION
Huang Lu, Jie Li, Mohsen Guizani, "Secure and Efficient Data Transmission for Cluster-Based Wireless Sensor Networks", IEEE Transactions on Parallel & Distributed Systems, vol.25, no. 3, pp. 750-761, March 2014, doi:10.1109/TPDS.2013.43
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