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Enhanced multi-attribute trust protocol for malicious node detection in wireless sensor networks

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There has been a tremendous growth in the field of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) in recent years, which is reflected in various applications. As the use of WSN applications increases, providing security to WSNs becomes a leading issue. This is complex due to the unique features of WSNs. This paper proposes a trust-based intrusion detection that uses multi-attribute trust metrics to improve detection accuracy. It uses an enhanced distributive trust calculation algorithm that involves monitoring neighbouring nodes and trust calculation using the trust metrics message success rate (MSR), elapsed time at node (ETN), correctness (CS) and fairness (FS). In addition to the normal communication-based trust property MSR, this paper uses effective parameters like ETN, which focuses on data and address modification attacks in an effective manner, and two social-interaction-based parameters CS and FS, which address trust-related attacks effectively. Simulation results show that the proposed method has higher performance and provides more security in terms of detection accuracy and false alarm rate.

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    V Ram Prabha

  2. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli, India

    P Latha

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Ram Prabha, V., Latha, P. Enhanced multi-attribute trust protocol for malicious node detection in wireless sensor networks. Sādhanā 42, 143–151 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-016-0588-2

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