Security enhanced multi-hop over the air reprogramming with Fountain Codes

Abstract

Recently, several code update approaches for multi-hop sensor networks have been proposed basically addressing two orthogonal problems: security and efficient over the air reprogramming. Unfortunately, the proposed security solutions for code update mechanisms are only considering early proposed over the air reprogramming solutions like e.g. Deluge or MOAP. Therefore, currently available symmetric key based secure code update schemes are not per se suited to support advanced coding techniques such as Fountain Codes. In this work, we provide means to secure this promising technique mainly with efficient symmetric cryptographic primitives and demonstrate its applicability for efficient and robust over the air reprogramming.