Effects of denial-of-sleep attacks on wireless sensor network MAC protocols

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 367-380

  Raymond, David R ^a   Marchany, Randy C ^b   Brownfield, Michael I ^c   Midkiff, Scott F ^b  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medium access control (MAC); Wireless security; Wireless sensor networks (WSNs)

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; COMPUTER CRIME; CRYPTOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; GATEWAYS (COMPUTER NETWORKS); MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; ROUTING PROTOCOLS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSOR NODES; SENSORS; SLEEP RESEARCH; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CLUSTER OF NODES; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; ENCRYPTION PROTOCOLS; HEALTH-MONITORING; LAYER PROTOCOLS; MAC PROTOCOLS; MALICIOUS ATTACKS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL (MAC); NETWORK ATTACKS; NETWORK LIFETIMES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDES; POWER CONSUMPTION; POWER SUPPLIES; RADIO SUBSYSTEMS; WIRELESS PLATFORMS; WIRELESS SECURITY; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS (WSNS);

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 59649125973     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2008.921621     Document Type: Article

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