Wormhole Attack Behaviour in Monte-Carlo Localization for Mobile Sensor Networks

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ABSTRACT

Localization is the basic requirement for network management in Wireless Sensor Networks as it helps nodes find their absolute position coordinates and in gathering information relevant to their locations. A localization algorithm has to be dynamic, scalable and should not impose high computation or communication overhead. The localization systems are also prone to attacks. We target a localization scheme for mobile sensor networks called Monte-Carlo Localization, which study its behavior under the most dangerous attack on localization called Wormhole Attack, also known as Collusion Attack and propose a modified algorithm that can help the localization system retain its accuracy level even in the presence of attacks. Our algorithm has communication cost almost equal to that of original localization algorithm (in this case MCL) in the absence of attacks.

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Kumari, V. , Nagaraju, A. and Pareek, G. (2014) Wormhole Attack Behaviour in Monte-Carlo Localization for Mobile Sensor Networks. Journal of Sensor Technology, 4, 48-58. doi: 10.4236/jst.2014.42006.

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