期刊名称：International Journal of Computer Networks & Communications
印刷版ISSN：0975-2293
电子版ISSN：0974-9322
出版年度：2011
卷号：3
期号：4
DOI：10.5121/ijcnc.2011.3405
出版社：Academy & Industry Research Collaboration Center (AIRCC)
摘要：Establishment of pairwise keys between sensor nodes in a sensor network is a difficult problem due to resource limitations of sensor nodes as well as vulnerability to physical captures of sensor nodes by the enemy. Public-key cryptosystems are not much suited for most resource-constrained sensor networks. Recently, elliptic curve cryptographic techniques show that public key cryptosystem is also feasible for resource-constrained sensor networks. However, most researchers accept that the symmetric key cryptosystems are viable options for resource-constrained sensor networks. In this paper, we first develop a basic principle to address the key pre-distribution problem in mobile sensor networks. Then, using this developed basic principle, we propose a scheme which takes the advantage of the post-deployment knowledge. Our scheme is a modified version of the key prioritization technique proposed by Liu and Ning. Our improved scheme provides reasonable network connectivity and security. Moreover, the proposed scheme works for any deployment topology
关键词：Security; Key establishment; Mobile sensor networks; Key prioritization; Post-deployment knowledge
