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Security in Wireless Sensor Networks

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Wireless Network Security

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Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are exploiting their numerous appli- cations in both military and civil fields. For most WSNs applications, it is important to guarantee high security of the deployed network in order to de- fend against attacks from adversaries. In this chapter, we survey the recent progress in the security issues for wireless sensor networks, mainly focusing on the key distribution and management schemes and some high layer pro- tocols such as secure routing, location privacy protection and secure data aggregation. Representative works on each topic are described in detail and both of their strongpoint and drawbacks are discussed, based on which we give some direction for future research.

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Wang, W., Zhang, S., Duan, G., Song, H. (2013). Security in Wireless Sensor Networks. In: Wireless Network Security. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36511-9_7

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