Towards clock skew based services in wireless sensor networks

International Journal of Sensor Networks

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-37

  Uddin, Md Borhan ^a   Castelluccia, Claude ^b  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

Clock skew; Covert channels; Fingerprinting; Geolocation; Malicious malfunctioning mote identification; Measurement; Security; Temperature; Wireless sensor network; WSN

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CLOCKS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; NETWORK SECURITY; TEMPERATURE;

CLOCK SKEWS; COVERT CHANNELS; ELECTROMAGNETICS; FINGERPRINTING; GEOLOCATIONS; MALICIOUS/ MALFUNCTIONING MOTE IDENTIFICATION; PHYSICAL DEVICES; PROPERTY; SECURITY; TEMPERATURE/ HUMIDITIES;

SENSOR NODES;

EID: 79960527882     PISSN: 17481279     EISSN: 17481287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSNET.2011.037302     Document Type: Article

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