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BDIoT 2021: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Big Data and Internet of Things pp 100–115Cite as

Denial of Service Attack Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks and Software Defined Wireless Sensor Networks: A Brief Review

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Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is a communication technology that aims at connecting remote sensors to aggregation devices, and is an important building block for the Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure. However, WSN is faced by many challenges such as network management, energy consumption, and security. A potential solution was introduced to mitigate these challenges, which is the integration of software-defined networks (SDN) concept with WSN to form what is known as a software-defined wireless sensor network (SDWSN). The SDWSN model allowed a simplification of network management and configuration with more control and programmability. However, and due to the use open interfaces and standard protocols, securing SDWSN communications against various attacks is still a real challenge. In this paper, we present a comprehensive review of one of the most devastating, and yet very challenging attack on the WSN/SDWSN, namely Denial of Service (DoS) attack, as well as the recent solutions for detecting this attacks, and which we noticed that it have differed in terms of its complexity, accuracy and also its applied. Moreover, we provide an evaluation of the proposed solutions, as well as our recommendations to improve the protection level in WSN/SDWSN with regards to future trends.

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  1. Department of Electronics, University Freres Mentouri Constantine 1, Constantine, Algeria

    Hamza Belkhiri, Abderraouf Messai & Farhi Haider

  2. IRIT/ENSEEIHT, INP Toulouse, Toulouse, France

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    Claude Duvallet

  3. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

    Abdellah Touhafi

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Belkhiri, H., Messai, A., Beylot, AL., Haider, F. (2022). Denial of Service Attack Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks and Software Defined Wireless Sensor Networks: A Brief Review. In: Lazaar, M., Duvallet, C., Touhafi, A., Al Achhab, M. (eds) Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Big Data and Internet of Things. BDIoT 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 489. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07969-6_8

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