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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 67 - Number 22
Year of Publication: 2013
Authors: Rakesh Maharana, Pabitra Mohan Khilar
10.5120/11528-7352

Rakesh Maharana, Pabitra Mohan Khilar . An Improved Authentication Protocol for Hierarchical Wireless Sensor Networks using ECC. International Journal of Computer Applications. 67, 22 ( April 2013), 23-30. DOI=10.5120/11528-7352

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author = { Rakesh Maharana, Pabitra Mohan Khilar },
title = { An Improved Authentication Protocol for Hierarchical Wireless Sensor Networks using ECC },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { April 2013 },
volume = { 67 },
number = { 22 },
month = { April },
year = { 2013 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 23-30 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume67/number22/11528-7352/ },
doi = { 10.5120/11528-7352 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
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%A Pabitra Mohan Khilar
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Abstract

User authentication in case of wireless sensor network is a very critical task, as sensor nodes are deployed in unattached environment and are prone to possible hostile network attacks. Any authentication protocol in WSN must be designed keeping the fact that sensor nodes have limited computing power, memory, energy and communication capabilities. In this paper,animproved user authentication protocol based on Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) has been introduced for hierarchical wireless sensor networks (HWSN). This paper shows that the ECC based protocol is suitable for wireless sensor networks where higher security is demanded. Besides thisthe proposed scheme provides mutual authentication and a secret session key for communication between the user and the cluster head. It also providesan option for addition or replacement of cluster head in the network whenever there is a need.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

User Authentication Security Public Key Cryptography (PKC) ECC Smart Card Hierarchical Wireless Sensor Network (HWSN)

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