Authentication for Wireless Sensor Network in Reflection of Communication Defect

Abstract

 This study explores the issues of multicast authentication in wireless sensor networks, with particular reference to sensor nodes in authentication, user authentication, and proposes effective and secure solutions for them. Many applications in the wireless sensor network have become cheaper and more immune to cabling, such as forest fire alarms, intelligent transportation systems. However, the critical nature of communication in these applications makes authentication a mandatory security requirement for them. Traditional security solutions for a wireless sensor network are impossible due to the unique features of creating a sensor network. On the other hand, designing a new security mechanism for WSNs is a challenging task due to the nature of WSNs. This research proposes the above authentication problems in the form of an authentication framework for wireless sensor networks. The proposed architecture has two authentication protocols, one for multicast authentication of sensor nodes and the other for external user authentication. The latter also simplifies the third type of authentication, the base station for detecting the radiation of the sensor nodes. These protocols handle WSNs' own personal security issues individually to achieve different levels of security. However, when used as an integrated framework, they provide a high level of security and provide the same solution to all three authentication problems of WSNs. Benchmarking results show that the proposed framework is a more effective solution compared to existing WSN accreditation systems, which provides a fair compromise between security and performance