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Secure Localization

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Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security

Synonyms

Secure location discovery

Related Concepts

Localization; Security Protocol

Definition

A secure localization protocol is one that correctly estimates the locations of sensor nodes in the presence of malicious attacks.

Background

Sensors’ locations play a critical role in sensor network applications. Not only do applications such as environment monitoring and target tracking require sensors’ location information to fulfill their tasks, but several fundamental techniques developed for wireless sensor networks also require sensors’ locations. For example, in many geographical routing protocols, sensor nodes make routing decisions at least partially based on their own and their neighbors’ locations. The correctness of location information is critical for these applications and techniques to function correctly.

Sensors’ locations are often estimated based on certain measurements (e.g., distance and angle) with respect to multiple known positions in the network by observing features...

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, 76019-0015, Arlington, Texas, USA

    Donggang Liu (Prof.)

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Computing Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Henk C. A. van Tilborg

  2. Center for Secure Information Systems, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 22030-4422, USA

    Sushil Jajodia

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Liu, D. (2011). Secure Localization. In: van Tilborg, H.C.A., Jajodia, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5906-5_640

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