KISTI Institutional Repository: A Secure Cluster Formation Scheme in Wireless Sensor Networks

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dc.description.abstract: Inwirelesssensornetworks,clusteringexpeditesmanydesirablefunctionssuchasloadbalancing,energysavings,distributedkeymanagement,andsoon.Forsecureclustering,itisveryimportanttofindcompromisednodesandremovethemduringtheinitialclusterformationprocess.Ifsomenodesarecompromisedandsurvivethecensorshipprocess,theycanmakesomenodeshaveadifferentclusterviewandcansplitaclusterintomultipleclusterstodeteriorateclusterqualityasawhole.Toresolvetheseproblems,weproposearobustschemeagainstsuchattacksinthispaper.First,ourschemegenerateslargesizedclusterswhereanytwonodesareatmosttwohopsawayfromeachothertoraisethequalityofclusters.Second,ourschemeemploystheverificationoftwohopdistantnodestopreservethequalityofthelargesizedclustersandrefrainsfromsplittingtheclusters.Last,ourschemeprefersbroadcasttransmissionstosavetheenergyofnodes.Securityanalysisprovesthatourschemecanidentifycompromisednodesandpreservestheclustermembershipagreementagainstthecompromisednodes.Inaddition,simulationresultsprovethatourschemegeneratesfewerclustersandismoresecureandenergy-efficientthantheschemeproducingonlysmallsizedclusters.