Analysis of using interpulse intervals to generate 128-bit biometric random binary sequences for securing wireless body sensor networks

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 176-182

  Zhang, Guang He ^a,b   Poon, Carmen C Y ^c   Zhang, Yuan Ting ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biometrics; Body sensor networks; Cardiovascular health informatics; Random number generation; Security; Wearable sensors

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTIVE SOLUTIONS; BUILDING BLOCKES; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH INFORMATICS; ENCODING TIME; ENCRYPTION KEY; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; INTERPULSE INTERVAL; KEY DISTRIBUTION; MHEALTH; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS; RANDOM BINARY SEQUENCES; RANDOM NUMBERS; RESOURCE CONSTRAINT; RESOURCE CONSUMPTION; SECURITY; SECURITY METHODS; WEARABLE SENSORS; WIRELESS BODY SENSOR NETWORKS;

BINARY SEQUENCES; BODY SENSOR NETWORKS; NETWORK SECURITY; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION; SENSOR NODES; STATISTICAL TESTS;

BIOMETRICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLOTHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLOTHING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84856835092     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2011.2173946     Document Type: Article

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