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Providing security and energy efficiency in wireless ad-hoc sensor networks through Secure Cluster-Head Election (SEC-CH-E)

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  • Research and Development Centre (Algiers)
Research Output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Conference contribution Peer-review

Sustainable Development Goals

  • SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Abstract

Data sensed and transferred between sensor nodes should be secure and preserve battery life. Some algorithms, such as LEACH (Low Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy), have been proposed to efficiently organize sensor nodes into clusters, where a cluster-head, is elected to represent that cluster. To save energy, the cluster-head coordinates the cluster and forwards data generated within the cluster. Despite preserving energy, in practice LEACH lacks security features. A Secure Cluster Head Election algorithm (SEC-CH-E) that improves the original LEACH algorithm by adding security features as well as bringing increasing energy savings is proposed. The algorithm takes into account wireless sensor networks constraints such as the limited radio range and power limitations when electing secure cluster-head nodes, which are factors unaccounted for in LEACH. It is shown that these factors have profound energy implications. The superiority of Sec-CH-E performance is assessed by looking at the energy remaining in the network and the fraction of dead nodes.

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Conference contribution Peer-review

Original language

English

Publication milestones

  • Published - 02/08/2012

Publication status

Published - 02/08/2012

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., United States

ISBN (Print)

978-1-4673-1117-5

ISBN (Electronic)

978-1-4673-1117-5

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/288625
  • Scopus: 84866933863

Host publication title

nan

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