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A Security Localization Algorithm Based on DV-Hop Against Sybil Attack in Wireless Sensor Networks

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Localization technology is crucial in wireless sensor networks (WSN) by forming the basis of various WSN applications. With the advancements of WSN, WSN attacks for node localization have increasingly become an important security issue. The Sybil attack is an example of such attacks where a reputation system is subverted by creating multiple pseudonymous identities. In this paper, a detection and defense algorithm against Sybil attacks based on the distance vector-hop (DV-Hop) method is presented. Experimental results show that the algorithm can effectively improve the security of the node localization in WSN. When the number of beacon nodes is 50, our proposed algorithm reduces the average localization error by 3% than the traditional DV-Hop.

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The authors would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their comments which helped us to improve the quality of the paper.

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This paper is supported by Key Scientific and Technological Research Projects in Henan Province (Grant No. 192102210125).

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  1. School of Computer Science and Technology, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, 466001, China

    Shi Dong & Wen-gang Zhou

  2. School of Computer and Information Technology, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang, 473061, China

    Xin-gang Zhang

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Dong, S., Zhang, Xg. & Zhou, Wg. A Security Localization Algorithm Based on DV-Hop Against Sybil Attack in Wireless Sensor Networks. J. Electr. Eng. Technol. 15, 919–926 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42835-020-00361-5

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