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LTMS: a lightweight trust management system for wireless medical sensor networks.

Hajar, Muhammad Shadi; Al-Kadri, M. Omar; Kalutarage, Harsha

Authors

Muhammad Shadi Hajar

M. Omar Al-Kadri



Contributors

Guojun Wang
Editor

Ryan Ko
Editor

Md. Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan
Editor

Yi Pan
Editor

Abstract

Wireless Medical Sensor Networks (WMSNs) offer ubiquitous health applications that enhance patients' quality of life and support national health systems. Detecting internal attacks on WMSNs is still challenging since cryptographic measures can not protect from compromised or selfish sensor nodes. Establishing a trust relationship between sensor nodes is recognized as a promising measure to reinforce the overall security of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). However, the existing trust schemes for WSNs are not necessarily fit for WMSNs due to their different operation, topology, resources limitations, and critical applications. In this paper, the aforementioned factors are regarded, and accordingly, two different methods to evaluate the trust value have been proposed to fit in-body, on-body, and off-body sensor nodes. Our Lightweight Trust Management System (LTMS) provides a further line of defense to detect packet drop attacks launched by compromised or selfish sensor nodes. Moreover, simulation results show that LTMS is more robust against complicated on-off attacks and can significantly reduce the processing overhead.

Citation

HAJAR, M.S., AL-KADRI, M.O. and KALUTARAGE, H. 2020. LTMS: a lightweight trust management system for wireless medical sensor networks. In Wang, G., Ko, R., Bhuiyan, M.Z.A. and Pan, Y. (eds.). Proceedings of 19th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Trust, security and privacy in computing and communication international conference 2020 (TrustCom 2020), 29 Dec 2020 - 1 Jan 2021, Guangzhou, China. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 1783-1790. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TrustCom50675.2020.00245

Conference Name 19th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Trust, security and privacy in computing and communications international conference 2020 (TrustCom 2020)
Conference Location Guangzhou, China
Start Date Dec 29, 2020
End Date Jan 1, 2021
Acceptance Date Sep 29, 2020
Online Publication Date Feb 9, 2021
Publication Date Feb 9, 2021
Deposit Date Feb 15, 2021
Publicly Available Date Feb 15, 2021
Publisher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages 1783-1790
Series ISSN 2324-898X
ISBN 9781665403924
DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/TrustCom50675.2020.00245
Keywords Wireless medical sensor networks (WMSNs); TMS; Internal attacks; On-off attacks
Public URL https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1188099

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