Physical layer security and energy efficiency over different error correcting codes in wireless sensor networks

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Abd Aziz, Azlan and Ahmed Magzoub, Mohammed and Ahmed Salem, Mohammed and Ab Ghani, Hadhrami and Ab Aziz, Nor Azlina and Mahmud, Azwan (2020) Physical layer security and energy efficiency over different error correcting codes in wireless sensor networks. International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE), 10 (6). pp. 6673-6681. ISSN 2088-8708

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Abstract

Despite the rapid growth in the market demanding for wireless sensor networks (WSNs), they are far from being secured or efficient. WSNs are vulnerable to malicious attacks and utilize too much power. At the same time, there is a significant increment of the security threats due to the growth of the several applications that employ wireless sensor networks. Therefore, introducing physical layer security is considered to be a promising solution to mitigate the threats. This paper evaluates popular coding techniques like Reed solomon (RS) techniques and scrambled error correcting codes specifically in terms of security gap. The difference between the signal to nose ratio (SNR) of the eavesdropper and the legitimate receiver nodes is defined as the security gap. We investigate the security gap, energy efficiency, and bit error rate between RS and scrambled t-error correcting codes for wireless sensor networks. Lastly, energy efficiency in RS and Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem (BCH) is also studied. The results of the simulation emphasize that RS technique achieves similar security gap as scrambled error correcting codes. However, the analysis concludes that the computational complexities of the RS is less compared to the scrambled error correcting codes. We also found that BCH code is more energy-efficient than RS.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Wireless sensor networks
Subjects: T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering > TK5101-6720 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, telephone, radio, radar, television
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET)
Depositing User: Ms Suzilawati Abu Samah
Date Deposited: 11 Oct 2021 04:53
Last Modified: 11 Oct 2021 04:53
URII: http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/id/eprint/8230

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