WSN Authentication
§ Wireless Sensor Network (WSN)
Partially connected network of self-powered (e.g. battery-powered) embedded
processor nodes with wireless communications interfaces and application-specific
sensors
§ Data traffic: Security and privacy concerns exist in some WSN
applications
e.g. personal medical data in a health monitoring system
§ Need to determine which WSN nodes are legitimate
Prevent nodes accessing sensed data without authorization.
Configuration of authentication should be as ‘automatic’ as possible