Title: Sensor network configuration under physical attacks

Authors: Xun Wang, Wenjun Gu, Kurt Schosek, Sriram Chellappan, Dong Xuan

Addresses: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, 395 Dreese Lab, 2015 Neil Ave, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA. ' Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, 395 Dreese Lab, 2015 Neil Ave, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA. ' Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, 395 Dreese Lab, 2015 Neil Ave, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA. ' Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, 395 Dreese Lab, 2015 Neil Ave, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA. ' Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, 395 Dreese Lab, 2015 Neil Ave, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA

Abstract: Sensor networks will typically operate in hostile environments, where they are susceptible to physical attacks resulting in physical node destructions. In this paper, we study impacts of physical attacks on network configuration w.r.t. lifetime. While lifetime is constrained by limited energies and has been addressed before, they are not applicable under physical attacks. In this paper, we define a practical sensor network lifetime problem under physical attacks. We then analytically determine the minimum number and sensor deployment plan to meet lifetime requirement under physical attacks. We make several important observations, including the high sensitivity of lifetime to physical attacks.

Keywords: sensor networks; physical attacks; network lifetime; network configuration; deployment; physical node destruction.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAHUC.2009.024520

International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, 2009 Vol.4 No.3/4, pp.174 - 182

Published online: 08 Apr 2009 *

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