A provably-secure ECC-based authentication scheme for wireless sensor networks

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 21023-21044

  Nam, Junghyun ^a   Kim, Moonseong ^b   Paik, Juryon ^c   Lee, Youngsook ^d   Won, Dongho ^c  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Intellectual Property Office   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d Howon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Authenticated key exchange; Authentication scheme; Smart card; Two factor security; User anonymity; Wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

AUTHENTICATED KEY EXCHANGE; AUTHENTICATION SCHEME; SWITZERLAND; TWO-FACTOR SECURITY; USER ANONYMITY;

SMART CARDS;

EID: 84908621929     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s141121023     Document Type: Article

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