Comparative performance and energy consumption analysis of different AES implementations on a wireless sensor network node

International Journal of Sensor Networks

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 192-201

  Zhang, Fan ^a   Dojen, Reiner ^a   Coffey, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Advanced encryption standard; AES; Cryptography; Energy consumption.; Energy efficiency; MicaZ sensor node; Performance analysis; Wireless sensor networks; WSN

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOGRAPHY; DATA PRIVACY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; SENSOR NODES; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ADVANCED ENCRYPTION STANDARD; COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION.; ENERGY-CONSUMPTION; MICAZ SENSOR NODE; PERFORMANCES ANALYSIS; SENSOR NETWORK NODES; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK APPLICATIONS;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 80053600885     PISSN: 17481279     EISSN: 17481287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSNET.2011.042767     Document Type: Article

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