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Secure and Reliable Clustering in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Critical Survey
Schaffer, Peter; Farkas, Károly; Horváth, Ádám et al.
2012In Computer Networks, 56 (11), p. 2726–2741
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Keywords :
Secure and reliable clustering; Dependable clustering; Cluster head election; Attacker; Sensor networks; Taxonomy
Abstract :
[en] In the past few years, research interest has been increased towards wireless sensor networks (WSNs) and their application in both the military and civil domains. To support scalability in WSNs and increase network lifetime, nodes are often grouped into disjoint clusters. However, secure and reliable clustering, which is critical in WSNs deployed in hostile environments, has gained modest attention so far or has been limited only to fault tolerance. In this paper, we review the state-of-the-art of clustering protocols in WSNs with special emphasis on security and reliability issues. First, we define a taxonomy of security and reliability for cluster head election and clustering in WSNs. Then, we describe and analyze the most relevant secure and reliable clustering protocols. Finally, we propose countermeasures against typical attacks and show how they improve the discussed protocols.
Disciplines :
Engineering, computing & technology: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Identifiers :
UNILU:UL-ARTICLE-2010-225
Author, co-author :
Schaffer, Peter ;  University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT)
Farkas, Károly;  University of West Hungary, Hungary
Horváth, Ádám;  University of West Hungary, Hungary
Holczer, Tamás;  Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Buttyán, Levente;  Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Language :
English
Title :
Secure and Reliable Clustering in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Critical Survey
Publication date :
31 July 2012
Journal title :
Computer Networks
ISSN :
1389-1286
Publisher :
Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Volume :
56
Issue :
11
Pages :
2726–2741
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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