Voronoi-based deployment of mobile sensors in the face of adversaries

N. Bartolini, G. Bongiovanni, T. La Porta, S. Silvestri, F. Vincenti

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Abstract

Mobile sensor networks enable the monitoring of remote and hostile environments without requiring human supervision. Several approaches have been proposed in the literature to let mobile sensors self-deploy over a region of interest. In this paper we study, for the first time, the vulnerabilities of one of the most referenced approaches to mobile sensor deployment, namely the Voronoi-based approach. We show that, by compromising a small number of sensors, an attacker can influence the sensor deployment causing a significant reduction of the monitoring capability of the network. We propose a secure deployment algorithm called SecureVOR. We formally prove that SecureVOR has guaranteed termination and that it allows legitimate sensors to detect the malicious behavior of compromised nodes. We also show by extensive simulations that SecureVOR is able to fulfill the network monitoring goals even in presence of an attack, at the expense of a small performance overhead.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2014 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2014
Pages532-537
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Event2014 1st IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2014 - Sydney, NSW, Australia
Duration: Jun 10 2014Jun 14 2014

Publication series

Name2014 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2014

Conference

Conference2014 1st IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2014
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CitySydney, NSW
Period6/10/146/14/14

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications

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