Project Website for NSF Award #0963578
NeTS NOSS: Collaborative Research: Towards Robust and
Self-Healing Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks
PI: Dr. Xiaojiang Du
Temple University
Research has shown that Heterogeneous Sensor Networks (HSNs) can significantly improve the performance
of sensor networks. To achieve better
performance, we adopt an HSN model consisting of a small number of
powerful high-end sensors (H-sensors) and a large number of low-end sensors
(L-sensors). The objective of this project is to investigate innovative network
architectures of HSNs, and develop energy-efficient, self-healing schemes,
routing protocols and security schemes for HSNs.
The main research findings are summarized below:
1) To achieve efficient
routing in Heterogeneous Sensor Network (HSN), we proposed an efficient NEar-optiMal rOuting (NEMO)
routing protocol.
2) To increase sensor network
lifetime, we proposed to use multiple base stations. For multihop
sensor networks, we formulated the multiple BSs deployment problems as
optimization problems and proposed various optimal or heuristic solutions. In
addition, we also designed optimal routing protocol.
3) To protect the source of
an event in sensor networks, we designed a lightweight source anonymity
protocol for wireless sensor networks.
4) To protect base stations
and other important nodes in sensor networks, we developed an efficient
anonymous communication protocol for sensor networks. Our protocol can achieve
sender/source anonymity, communication-relationship anonymity, and the base
station anonymity simultaneously, while having small overheads on computation,
storage and communication.
5) We studied the base station
(BS) location protection issue. We discovered a new attack on BS: the
Parent-based Attack Scheme (PAS). The PAS can locate a BS within one radio
(wireless transmission) range of sensors. Different from existing methods, the
PAS determines the BS location based on parent-child relationship of sensor
nodes. The PAS cannot be defended by existing BS protection schemes. This work
leads to a conference paper at the IEEE ICC 2012.
6) Due to the unattended
operation nature, nodes in Unattended Wireless Sensor Networks (UWSNs) are
susceptible to physical attacks. We investigated how to provide sustainable
node self-healing capability for UWSNs. This work leads to a conference paper
published at IEEE GLOBECOM 2012.
7) We studied efficient and
sustainable self-healing protocols for unattended wireless sensor networks. Analytical and simulation results were
published at the IEEE GLOBECOM 2012.
8) We designed secure routing
protocols to protect base stations in wireless sensor networks. Results of this
work have been published in Wiley Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
in Oct. 2012.
9) A wireless insulin pump
may be considered as a wireless sensor node.
Wireless insulin pumps have been widely deployed in hospitals and home
healthcare systems. Most wireless insulin pumps have limited security mechanisms
to protect them from malicious attacks. In this work, we designed effective
security schemes to protect wireless insulin pumps. The work has been published
in IEEE INFOCOM 2013.
10) We investigated interference mitigation
techniques for macro/femto heterogeneous wireless networks. The work has been
published in IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine in April, 2013.
11) We studied the
coexistence and spectrum sharing of heterogeneous wireless networks (including
sensor networks). The work will be published in IEEE
GLOBECOM 2013.
Publications
Ø Journal
Paper
1.
K. Bian, J. Park, X. Du, and X. Li, “Enabling
Fair Spectrum Sharing: Mitigating Selfish Misbehaviors in Spectrum,” IEEE
Network Magazine, Vol. 27, Issue 3, pp. 16-21, May/June, 2013. PDF
2. L. Huang, G.
Zhu, and X. Du, “Cognitive Femtocell Networks: An Opportunistic Spectrum Access
for Future Indoor Wireless Coverage,” IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine,
Vol. 20, Issue 2, pp. 44 – 51, April, 2013. PDF
3.
J. Chen, H. Zhang, X. Du*,
and B. Fang, “Designing Secure Routing Protocols to Protect Base Stations in
Wireless Sensor Networks,” Wireless
Communications and Mobile Computing, Wiley, Oct. 2012, DOI: 10.1002/wcm.2300. PDF
4.
X. Li, J. Wu, S. Lin, and X. Du,
“Channel
Switching Control for Wireless Mesh Networks,” Journal of
Parallel and Distributed Computing, accepted, June
2012. PDF
5.
J. Chen, X. Du, and B. Fang, "An Efficient
Anonymous Communication Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks", Wireless
Communications and Mobile Computing, accepted, 2011. PDF
6.
A. Olteanu, Y. Xiao, K. Wu, and X. Du, “Weaving a Proper Net to Catch
Large Objects in Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE
Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 9, No. 4, Apr. 2010, pp. 1360
- 1369. PDF
7.
J. Y. Lin, Q. Wu, X. Cai, X. Du, and K. Kwon, “On Deployment of
Multiple Base Stations for Energy-Efficient Communication in Wireless Sensor
Networks,” International Journal of
Distributed Sensor Networks, Hindawi, Vol. 2010, Article ID 563156, 8
pages, 2010. DOI:10.1155/2010/563156 PDF
Ø Conference
Papers
1. K. Bian, J. Park, X. Du, and
X. Li, “Ecology-Inspired Coexistence of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks,” to
appear in Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM 2013, Atlanta, GA, USA, Dec. 2013. PDF
2.
S. Finley, and X. Du, “Dynamic Cache Cleaning on Android,” in
Proc. of IEEE ICC 2013, Budapest, Hungary, June 2013. PDF
3.
X. Hei, X. Du, and S. Lin, “Two
Vulnerabilities in Android OS Kernel with Tegra 2
CPU,” in Proc. of IEEE ICC 2013, Budapest, Hungary, June 2013. PDF
4.
X. Hei, X. Du, S. Lin, and I. Lee,
“PIPAC: Patient Infusion Pattern based Access Control Scheme for Wireless
Insulin Pump System,” in Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM 2013, Turin, Italy, Apr. 2013. PDF
5.
L. Huang, G. Zhu, X. Du, and K. Bian,
“Stable Multiuser Channel Allocations in Opportunistic Spectrum Access,” in
Proc. of IEEE WCNC 2013, Shanghai, China, Apr. 2013. PDF
6.
D. Huang, Y. Yang, G. Zhu, and X. Du, “'Distributed Precoder
Design for Inter-cell Interference Suppressing in Multi-cell MU-MIMO Systems,”
in Proc. of IEEE WCNC 2013, Shanghai, China, Apr. 2013. PDF
7.
J. Chen, H.
Zhang, B. Fang, X. Du, Y. Liu, and H. Yu, “An Efficient and Sustainable
Self-healing Protocol for Unattended Wireless Sensor Networks,” in Proc. of
IEEE GLOBECOM 2012, Anaheim, CA, USA, Dec. 2012. PDF
8.
J.
Chen, H. Zhang, X. Du,
B. Fang, Y. Liu, and H. Yu, “Base
Station Location Protection in Wireless Sensor Networks: Attacks and Defense,”
in Proc. of IEEE ICC 2012, Ottawa, Canada, June 2012. PDF
9.
P.
Reindl, X. Du, and K. Nygard,
and H. Zhang, “'Lightweight Source Anonymity in Wireless Sensor Networks',” in Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM 2011,
Houston, TX, USA, Nov. 2011. PDF
10.
J.
Chen, H. Zhang, B. Fang, and X. Du, “Towards Efficient Anonymous Communications
in Sensor Networks,” in Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM 2011, Houston, TX, USA, Nov. 2011. PDF
11.
X.
Hei, and X. Du, “Biometric-based Two-level Secure
Access Control for Implantable Medical Devices during Emergency,” in Proc.
of IEEE INFOCOM 2011,
Shanghai, China, April 2011. PDF
12.
P.
Reindl, X. Du, and K. Nygard,
“Defending Malicious Collision Attacks in Wireless Sensor Networks,” in Proc.
of IEEE TrustCom 2010, Hong Kong, Dec. 2010. PDF
13.
P.
Loree, X. Du, and K. Nygard,
“An Efficient Post-Deployment Key Establishment Scheme for Heterogeneous Sensor
Networks,” in Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, Dec.
2009. PDF
14.
J.
Brown, and X. Du, “Towards Efficient and Secure Rekeying for IEEE 802.16e WiMAX
Networks,” in Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii,
USA, Dec. 2009. PDF
Students Supported by this NSF
Grant:
·
X. Hei
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X. Huang
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P. Reindl
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S. Finley
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E. Some
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