Title
Secure detection in wireless sensor networks using a simple encryption method
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
6-23-2011
Abstract
The problem of binary hypothesis testing in a wireless sensor network is considered where observation of the sensors are quantized using identical binary quantizers and encrypted before transmission using a simple probabilistic cipher. The authorized or ally fusion center (AFC) is aware of the encryption process and the encryption parameters, whereas the unauthorized or third party fusion centers (TPFC) are unaware of the encryption parameters. The optimal threshold is evaluated for fixed values of the encryption parameters and numerical results are presented on the error probabilities of the two fusion centers. It is shown that by appropriate selection of the encryption parameters it is possible to degrade the performance of the TPFC significantly compared to that of AFC. © 2011 IEEE.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
2011 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2011
First Page
114
Last Page
119
Recommended Citation
Naraghi-Pour, M., & Nadendla, V. (2011). Secure detection in wireless sensor networks using a simple encryption method. 2011 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2011, 114-119. https://doi.org/10.1109/WCNC.2011.5779116