Efficient detection of compromised nodes in a wireless sensor network

  • Authors:
  • Cheryl V. Hinds

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Idaho

  • Venue:
  • SpringSim '09 Proceedings of the 2009 Spring Simulation Multiconference
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Wireless Sensor Networks are networks composed of hundreds or thousands of small sensors which are often placed in hostile environments to sense a particular event in that environment. Unfortunately sensors are characterized by low power, limited memory and low bandwidth. The network is vulnerable to attacks, some of which can compromise a node, which can render the network useless if not detected. Current algorithms which detect compromised nodes do so at a high computational cost. This paper introduces a centralized approach to identifying compromised nodes at a low computational cost. Simulations are conducted to verify the algorithm.