Toward a statistical framework for source anonymity in sensor networks

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 248-260

  Alomair, Basel ^a   Clark, Andrew ^b   Cuellar, Jorge ^c   Poovendran, Radha ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c CT T de IT1   (Germany)

Author keywords

anonymity; coding theory; hypothesis testing; nuisance parameters; privacy; source location; Wireless sensor networks (WSN)

Indexed keywords

ANONYMITY; CODING THEORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUISANCE PARAMETER; SOURCE LOCATION;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; DATA PRIVACY; INFORMATION THEORY;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84871814015     PISSN: 15361233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2011.267     Document Type: Article

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