Title: MVP: modelling virus propagation for IPv6 wireless sensor networks

Authors: Nan Jiang; Sixin Jin; Tao Wan; Yueshun He

Addresses: College of Information Engineering, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, 330013, JiangXi, China ' College of Information Engineering, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, 330013, JiangXi, China ' College of Information Engineering, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, 330013, JiangXi, China ' College of Information Engineering, East China Institute of Technology, Nanchang, 330013, Jiangxi, China

Abstract: How to model virus propagation in social and natural networks has received more and more attention in network science. The security regarding virus propagation in IPv6 wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is a serious issue. In this paper, we model the virus propagation for IPv6 WSNs with anycast and multicast. We try to explore proper immunisation strategies and time for IPv6 WSNs under different situations. Then we conduct the simulations for our model. With numerical simulations, the results show that our model fits well with expected goals. This provides a theoretical and application basis for the immunisation strategies of IPv6 WSNs.

Keywords: wireless sensor networks; WSNs; complex network theory; virus propagation; IPv6; virus propagation modelling; network security; immunisation strategies; numerical simulation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJES.2015.072371

International Journal of Embedded Systems, 2015 Vol.7 No.3/4, pp.244 - 256

Received: 12 Jul 2014
Accepted: 24 Oct 2014
Published online: 11 Oct 2015 *

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