SPINS: Security Protocols for Sensor Networks

Abstract

Abstract. Sensor network is a dominant technology among different wireless communication technologies due to its great deal of efficiency. Security is the critical issue for every types of network whether it is sensor networks or other networks. So far, many of the researchers have thought to physically implement the sensor nodes and sensor networks but their work was not enough to create any valuable security for different communicating devices during communication processes.This paper presents a model that works on SPINS security building blocks because Sensor network works in very resource constraint environment and only SPINS security protocol can fulfill those requirements of the proposed model. SPINS provides two security building blocks, SNEP and µTESLA. This model presents some unique processing units features such as Beacon message, Data controller unit etc. This security model is best to achieve targets but main issue in sensor network is still not solved about the management of power (short battery life), computation overhead and low storage capacity of memory. The proposed model scenarios have been simulated in QualNet 4.5.