Visible to the public Multi-branch Source Location Privacy Protection Scheme Based on Random Walk in WSNs

TitleMulti-branch Source Location Privacy Protection Scheme Based on Random Walk in WSNs
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2019
AuthorsZhou, Liming, Shan, Yingzi
Conference Name2019 IEEE 4th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Big Data Analysis (ICCCBDA)
Date Publishedapr
Keywordsbase station, Base stations, branch interference area, communication overhead, compositionality, data privacy, Human Behavior, location privacy, Location Privacy in Wireless Networks, location privacy preservation, location security, location-related data, Metrics, Monitoring, multibranch source location privacy protection method, multibranch source location privacy protection scheme, multiple branch, multiple proxy sources, network lifetime, Position measurement, privacy, privacy protection, proxy source, pubcrawl, radiofrequency interference, random processes, random walk, Resiliency, Routing, security, sensing information, sensor nodes, sink location privacy, source node, telecommunication security, Wireless sensor networks, WSN
AbstractIn many applications, source nodes send the sensing information of the monitored objects and the sinks receive the transmitted data. Considering the limited resources of sensor nodes, location privacy preservation becomes an important issue. Although many schemes are proposed to preserve source or sink location security, few schemes can preserve the location security of source nodes and sinks. In order to solve this problem, we propose a novel of multi-branch source location privacy protection method based on random walk. This method hides the location of real source nodes by setting multiple proxy sources. And multiple neighbors are randomly selected by the real source node as receivers until a proxy source receives the packet. In addition, the proxy source is chosen randomly, which can prevent the attacker from obtaining the location-related data of the real source node. At the same time, the scheme sets up a branch interference area around the base station to interfere with the adversary by increasing routing branches. Simulation results describe that our scheme can efficiently protect source and sink location privacy, reduce the communication overhead, and prolong the network lifetime.
DOI10.1109/ICCCBDA.2019.8725631
Citation Keyzhou_multi-branch_2019