Better Security Enforcement in Trusted Computing Enabled Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks
Publication Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2009
Abstract
A wireless sensor network (WSN) is an ad hoc wireless network composed of a large number of small sensor nodes. Sensor nodes are usually severely resource limited and power constrained, and as such security enforcement in WSNs is a challenging task. To facilitate security enforcement, we propose a heterogeneous architecture for WSNs, where a WSN is partitioned into clusters, each having a high-end cluster head. The cluster heads are further equipped with trusted computing technology (TC), such that they act as online trusted parties, thereby expected to help enforce security in a more effective manner. To show this, we discuss various examples on both content security and context security.
Keywords
wireless sensor networks (WSNs) • trusted computing • security enforcement
Discipline
Information Security
Research Areas
Information Security and Trust
Publication
Security and Communication Networks
Volume
4
Issue
1
First Page
11
Last Page
22
ISSN
1939-0122
Identifier
10.1002/sec.179
Publisher
Wiley
Citation
YANG, Yanjiang; Zhou, Jianying; DENG, Robert H.; and Bao, Feng.
Better Security Enforcement in Trusted Computing Enabled Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks. (2009). Security and Communication Networks. 4, (1), 11-22.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/222
Additional URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sec.179
