WSN Routing Protocols: Anonymity Prospective Analysis

Abdulrahman Abu Elkhail, Uthman Baroudi, Mohammed Younis

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Abstract

A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is composed of a number of sensor nodes and a single Base-Station (BS), distributed randomly in an area of interest. WSNs have proven very beneficial in various applications in unattended setup in many domains such as scientific, civil, and military. In these applications, sensors send their measurements to the Base Station over multi-hop wireless routes where the Base Station is responsible for collecting and processing the sensed data. Given the importance of the BS, a potential attacker would look to locate the base station by examining network traffic patterns in order to launch specific attacks intended to interfere with network functionality. In this paper, we analyze traffic analysis attack models from the viewpoint of an adversary. Additionally, we examine the benefits and drawbacks of various routing protocols in terms of exposing the network to traffic analysis attacks. Our evaluation is supported by simulation results.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2022 14th IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks, CICN 2022
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages819-823
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781665487719
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event14th IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks, CICN 2022 - Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 4 Dec 20226 Dec 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2022 14th IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks, CICN 2022

Conference

Conference14th IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks, CICN 2022
Country/TerritorySaudi Arabia
CityAl-Khobar
Period4/12/226/12/22

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Publisher Copyright:
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Keywords

  • Location privacy
  • Traffic Analysis
  • Wireless Sensor Networks
  • routing protocols

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

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