Securing Body Sensor Networks: Sensor Association and Key Management
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Keoh, SL
Lupu, E
Sloman, M
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
Body Sensor Networks can be used to continuously monitor patients' health. However, secure association of sensors with the patient and key management for providing integrity and confidentiality to the sensor readings are essential. We propose a secure discovery protocol based on the synchronised LED blinking pattern, to enable healthcare workers to authorise the sensor-to-patient association. We also propose a novel key distribution and management scheme that uses keychains to establish group keys for body sensor networks and caters for group key update and re-keying to adapt to membership changes. These protocols have been implemented to demonstrate their feasibility and an initial performance evaluation is presented.
Version
Accepted version
Date Issued
2009
Citation
2009, pp.87-92
ISBN
978-1-4244-3304-9
Publisher
IEEE
Source Title
7th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications
Start Page
87
End Page
92
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Identifier
http://syeloong.co.uk/Documents/Percom-camera-ready.pdf
Source
7th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications
Start Date
2009-03-09
Finish Date
2009-03-13
Coverage Spatial
Galveston, TX