Energy-Efficient Secure Routing Protocol Based on Roulette-Wheel and μTesla forWireless Sensor Networks.

Abstract

Recently, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have been deployed into a variety of applications including homeland security and military systems. Sensor nodes deployed in such networks are subject to several attacks including sinkhole, selective forwarding, wormhole, and spoofing attacks. Therefore, developing secure and energy-efficient routing protocols is imperative. This paper proposes an energy-efficient secure routing protocol for WSNs in which each sensor node forwards packets based on its own information. Thus it cannot be deceived by any other sensor node. The protocol employs the RouletteWheel selection algorithm to select a next node during the forwarding process while using µTesla protocol together with symmetric encryption and hash function algorithms to provide the needed security. Simulation results indicate that the performance of the proposed protocol outperforms the performance of the Path Energy Weight and the minimum hop protocols under such attacks. In addition, it exhibits a grateful performance under attack-free conditions.

New Trends in Secure Routing Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks

“…The aforementioned attacks may render the network inefficient. Therefore, several secure routing protocols such as [53][54][55][56][57][58][59]72] have been proposed to defend against these attacks. However, new applications and new advance in the technology may need new security algorithms to protect networks against the current and new attacks that may be introduced.…”

“…These attacks include selective forwarding, sinkhole, wormhole, and Sybil described in Section 4. To protect WSNs against these routing attacks, a number of secure routing protocols have been proposed in the literature including SPINS [53], SSPIN [54], ITSRP [55], COOL [56], EESRP [57], DSSRP [58], TTSS [59], SRPMND [60], and STAPLE [61].…”

Trusted Cluster-Based Communication for Wireless Sensor Network Using Meta-Heuristic Algorithms

“…Recently, a WSN has appeared in a range of applications, with home safety, forces systems, and fitness-minded. The antennas nodes deployed in this network are the topic of multiple WSN attacks, such as sinkholes, selective forward, spoofing, and wormholes [17,18]. With the rapid development of the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, and social networking; smart cities are gaining more and more attention in modern society.…”