Adaptable Security in Wireless Sensor Networks by Using Reconfigurable ECC Hardware Coprocessors
Specific features of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) like the open accessibility to nodes, or the easy observability of radio communications, lead to severe security challenges. The application of traditional security schemes on sensor nodes is limited due to the restricted computation capability, l...
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| author | J. Portilla A. Otero E. de la Torre T. Riesgo O. Stecklina S. Peter P. Langendörfer |
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| description | Specific features of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) like the open accessibility to nodes, or the easy observability of radio communications, lead to severe security challenges. The application of traditional security schemes on sensor nodes is limited due to the restricted computation capability, low-power availability, and the inherent low data rate. In order to avoid dependencies on a compromised level of security, a WSN node with a microcontroller and a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is used along this work to implement a state-of-the art solution based on ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography). In this paper it is described how the reconfiguration possibilities of the system can be used to adapt ECC parameters in order to increase or reduce the security level depending on the application scenario or the energy budget. Two setups have been created to compare the software- and hardware-supported approaches. According to the results, the FPGA-based ECC implementation requires three orders of magnitude less energy, compared with a low power microcontroller implementation, even considering the power consumption overhead introduced by the hardware reconfiguration. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ecb90fe91421473e94a196c745aaac842025-02-03T01:30:43ZengWileyInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks1550-14772010-10-01610.1155/2010/740823Adaptable Security in Wireless Sensor Networks by Using Reconfigurable ECC Hardware CoprocessorsJ. Portilla0A. Otero1E. de la Torre2T. Riesgo3O. Stecklina4S. Peter5P. Langendörfer6 Centro de Electronica Industrial, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain Centro de Electronica Industrial, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain Centro de Electronica Industrial, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain Centro de Electronica Industrial, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain IHP, Im Technologiepark 25, 15236 Frankfurt, Germany IHP, Im Technologiepark 25, 15236 Frankfurt, Germany IHP, Im Technologiepark 25, 15236 Frankfurt, GermanySpecific features of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) like the open accessibility to nodes, or the easy observability of radio communications, lead to severe security challenges. The application of traditional security schemes on sensor nodes is limited due to the restricted computation capability, low-power availability, and the inherent low data rate. In order to avoid dependencies on a compromised level of security, a WSN node with a microcontroller and a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is used along this work to implement a state-of-the art solution based on ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography). In this paper it is described how the reconfiguration possibilities of the system can be used to adapt ECC parameters in order to increase or reduce the security level depending on the application scenario or the energy budget. Two setups have been created to compare the software- and hardware-supported approaches. According to the results, the FPGA-based ECC implementation requires three orders of magnitude less energy, compared with a low power microcontroller implementation, even considering the power consumption overhead introduced by the hardware reconfiguration.https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/740823 |
| spellingShingle | J. Portilla A. Otero E. de la Torre T. Riesgo O. Stecklina S. Peter P. Langendörfer Adaptable Security in Wireless Sensor Networks by Using Reconfigurable ECC Hardware Coprocessors International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks |
| title | Adaptable Security in Wireless Sensor Networks by Using Reconfigurable ECC Hardware Coprocessors |
| title_full | Adaptable Security in Wireless Sensor Networks by Using Reconfigurable ECC Hardware Coprocessors |
| title_fullStr | Adaptable Security in Wireless Sensor Networks by Using Reconfigurable ECC Hardware Coprocessors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adaptable Security in Wireless Sensor Networks by Using Reconfigurable ECC Hardware Coprocessors |
| title_short | Adaptable Security in Wireless Sensor Networks by Using Reconfigurable ECC Hardware Coprocessors |
| title_sort | adaptable security in wireless sensor networks by using reconfigurable ecc hardware coprocessors |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/740823 |
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