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A Centralized Mechanism for Preventing DDOS Attack in Wireless Sensor Networks

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Wireless sensor networks face numerous limitations. Security and Privacy are the two most essential parameters that require consideration in wireless sensor networks for conveying responsive information amid basic applications. High density and limited communication range of sensor nodes, forwarding packets in sensor networks have caused the performance of during multi-hop data transmission. Hence communication with different devices these days are not secure, due to the absence of centralized monitoring and overprotective requirements. This paper is related to speak about Distributed Denial of Service which debilitates the ability of the network and the data being transmitted. The earlier system guarantees the WSN through a self arranged and confined procedure between the nodes in the sensor environment. Here, the authors present the Centralized Detect Eliminate and Control algorithm for authorization and centralized monitoring component to discover the node that has turned into a victim node and to get rid of the information communicated to the fatality node from the neighbour nodes. Overprotective of the communication between the nodes leads to dependability. The simulation results improve the malicious node detection rate and increase the various parameters like throughput and reduce the average delay. This leads to, the overall detection rate built, eventually enhancing the parameters of the network environment.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, VEMU Institute of Technology, Pakala, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, India

    Udaya Suriya Rajkumar Dhamodharan & Raj Anand Sundaramoorthy

  2. Department of CSE, School of Engineering and Technology, CMR University, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

    Sathiyaraj Rajendran

  3. School of CSE, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

    M. Thirunavukkarasan

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Dhamodharan, U.S.R., Rajendran, S., Sundaramoorthy, R.A. et al. A Centralized Mechanism for Preventing DDOS Attack in Wireless Sensor Networks. Wireless Pers Commun 124, 1191–1208 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-021-09401-3

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