An Approach For Determining Energy Efficient Security Protocol For Wireless Sensor Networks.

Abstract

Sensor networks are one of the dominant technology trends in the coming decades and the use of wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) is bringing huge changes in data gathering, processing and propagation of different environments and applications. These sensor networks are composed of hundreds, and potentially thousands of tiny sensor nodes, functioning autonomously, and in many cases, with limited resources (i.e. computation, storage, and battery) this shorten the life span of sensor nodes. Cost constraints and the need for ubiquitous, invisible distributions will result in small sized, resource-constrained sensor nodes. With this constraint, it is very hard to implement security protocols. Cost constraints and the need for ubiquitous, invisible distributions will result in small sized, resource-constrained sensor nodes. With this constraint, it is very hard to implement security protocols. The research was aimed at evaluating wireless senor network security protocol in terms of their energy efficient and determine on that has better energy consumption. The research simulates using NS-2 because it is an open source, discrete-event network simulator that provides support for a simulation of main protocols, routing, multicast protocols for wired and wireless networks.