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A Modified Hierarchical Multiple Key Agreement Scheme for WSN.


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1 Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Qom University, Qom., Iran, Islamic Republic of
2 Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, Qom University, Qom., Iran, Islamic Republic of
 

Nowadays, sensor networks are one of the hottest scientific issues. A lot of research has been done to improve their efficiency. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are applied as an important and efficient technology in many industries such as military operations, security systems, intelligent transportation systems, medics, agriculture, and many others. Key agreement is a challenging point in the security of these networks. Sensor nodes connect to each other using cryptography techniques, however, use of the classic key management techniques such as key distribution center is inefficient because of resource-constrained nature of the sensor nodes. This paper proposes a hierarchical multiple key agreement scheme. In the proposed scheme, two nodes can produce multiple session keys, just with only one run of the key agreement protocol by two nodes in the hierarchical system. As well as its efficiency, this new scheme is based on identity and non-interactive protocol. Being zero-knowledge proof is another advantage of the scheme.

Keywords

WSN, Key management, Hierarchical multiple key management, Public key cryptography, Multiple key agree-ment, Identity-based encryption.
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Authors

Reza Alimoradi
Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Qom University, Qom., Iran, Islamic Republic of
Fateme Amjadi
Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Qom University, Qom., Iran, Islamic Republic of
Seiied-Mohammad-Javad Razavian
Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Qom University, Qom., Iran, Islamic Republic of
M. H. Noorallahzadeh
Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, Qom University, Qom., Iran, Islamic Republic of

Abstract


Nowadays, sensor networks are one of the hottest scientific issues. A lot of research has been done to improve their efficiency. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are applied as an important and efficient technology in many industries such as military operations, security systems, intelligent transportation systems, medics, agriculture, and many others. Key agreement is a challenging point in the security of these networks. Sensor nodes connect to each other using cryptography techniques, however, use of the classic key management techniques such as key distribution center is inefficient because of resource-constrained nature of the sensor nodes. This paper proposes a hierarchical multiple key agreement scheme. In the proposed scheme, two nodes can produce multiple session keys, just with only one run of the key agreement protocol by two nodes in the hierarchical system. As well as its efficiency, this new scheme is based on identity and non-interactive protocol. Being zero-knowledge proof is another advantage of the scheme.

Keywords


WSN, Key management, Hierarchical multiple key management, Public key cryptography, Multiple key agree-ment, Identity-based encryption.

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