A Secure Clock Synchronization Scheme in WSNs Adapted for IoT-based Applications

Saci Medileh; Mostefa Kara; Abdelkader Laouid; Ahcene Bounceur; Ismail Kertiou

doi:10.1145/3644713.3644826

A Secure Clock Synchronization Scheme in WSNs Adapted for IoT-based Applications

Saci Medileh
, Mostefa Kara
, Abdelkader Laouid
, Ahcene Bounceur
, Ismail Kertiou

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Abstract

This research investigates the intersection of secure clock synchronization and cryptography in the Internet of Things (IoT) context. Cryptography is employed to address challenges in achieving consensus on a system clock among nodes, even in the presence of malicious entities attempting to disrupt synchronization. The paper introduces an innovative synchronization scheme with two main components: a lightweight linear encryption method to secure clock messages against specific attacks and a simple consensus algorithm to compute the synchronized system clock. This scheme, designed for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), aims to overcome issues such as high energy consumption and susceptibility to attacks found in existing synchronization techniques. The study's results demonstrate the proposed scheme's efficacy in enhancing secure clock synchronization within IoT environments.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICFNDS 2023 - 2023 The 7th International Conference on Future Networks and Distributed Systems
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	674-681
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9798400709036
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3644713.3644826
State	Published - 21 Dec 2023
Externally published	Yes
Event	7th International Conference on Future Networks and Distributed Systems, ICFNDS 2023 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates Duration: 21 Dec 2023 → 22 Dec 2023

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Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference	7th International Conference on Future Networks and Distributed Systems, ICFNDS 2023
Country/Territory	United Arab Emirates
City	Dubai
Period	21/12/23 → 22/12/23

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© 2023 ACM.

Keywords

Clock Synchronization
Encryption
Internet of Things (IoT)
Outliers
Security
Time Synchronization
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Software

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Medileh, S., Kara, M., Laouid, A., Bounceur, A., & Kertiou, I. (2023). A Secure Clock Synchronization Scheme in WSNs Adapted for IoT-based Applications. In ICFNDS 2023 - 2023 The 7th International Conference on Future Networks and Distributed Systems (pp. 674-681). (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3644713.3644826

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A Secure Clock Synchronization Scheme in WSNs Adapted for IoT-based Applications. / Medileh, Saci; Kara, Mostefa; Laouid, Abdelkader et al.
ICFNDS 2023 - 2023 The 7th International Conference on Future Networks and Distributed Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, 2023. p. 674-681 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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