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LKH++ Based Group Key Management Scheme for Wireless Sensor Network

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This paper proposes a secure low-power group key management scheme based on LKH++. In our scheme, we construct a secure tree to manage group keys. The building method of key tree and holding way of keys are proposed by our scheme to reduce computation and storage overhead on each sensor node. In addition, WLKH supports rekeying to enhance network security and survivability against node capture. Performance analysis shows WLKH is highly efficient in term of security, computation and key storage.

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Acknowledgments

This study is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61370069), the National High Technology Research and Development Program (“863”Program) of China (2012AA012606) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (BUPT2011RCZJ16) and China Information Security Special Fund (NDRC).

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  1. Beijing Key Laboratory of Intelligent Telecommunications Software and Multimedia, School of Computer Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China

    Wenbin Yao, Si Han & Xiaoyong Li

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Yao, W., Han, S. & Li, X. LKH++ Based Group Key Management Scheme for Wireless Sensor Network. Wireless Pers Commun 83, 3057–3073 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-015-2582-0

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