Security in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Cryptography Performance Analysis at MAC Layer

Mauro Tropea, Mattia Giovanni Spina, Floriano De Rango and Antonio Francesco Gentile
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Mauro Tropea: DIMES Department, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci 39/c, 87036 Rende, Italy
Mattia Giovanni Spina: DIMES Department, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci 39/c, 87036 Rende, Italy
Floriano De Rango: DIMES Department, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci 39/c, 87036 Rende, Italy
Antonio Francesco Gentile: ICAR-CNR, Via Pietro Bucci, Cubo 8/9C, 87036 Rende, Italy

Future Internet, 2022, vol. 14, issue 5, 1-20

Abstract: Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are networks of small devices with limited resources which are able to collect different information for a variety of purposes. Energy and security play a key role in these networks and MAC aspects are fundamental in their management. The classical security approaches are not suitable in WSNs given the limited resources of the nodes, which subsequently require lightweight cryptography mechanisms in order to achieve high security levels. In this paper, a security analysis is provided comparing BMAC and LMAC protocols, in order to determine, using AES, RSA, and elliptic curve techniques, the protocol with the best trade-off in terms of received packets and energy consumption.

Keywords: Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs); BMAC; LMAC; security; symmetric cryptography; asymmetric cryptography; Elliptic Curves Cryptography (ECC); energy drain attack; impersonation attack (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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