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Key Distribution Techniques for Sensor Networks

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Wireless Sensor Networks

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This chapter reviews several key distribution and key establishment techniques for sensor networks. We briefly describe several well known key establishment schemes, and provide a more detailed discussion of our work on random key distribution in particular.

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Chan, H., Perrig, A., Song, D. (2004). Key Distribution Techniques for Sensor Networks. In: Raghavendra, C.S., Sivalingam, K.M., Znati, T. (eds) Wireless Sensor Networks. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-7884-2_13

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