Mitigation of Byzantine attacks for target location estimation in wireless sensor networks

Aditya Vempaty, Onur Ozdemir, Pramod K. Varshney

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a Byzantine identification scheme for a target localization scenario in wireless sensor networks (WSN) with binary quantized observations. We first start with identical quantizers at the local sensors. We show with simulations that the proposed scheme identifies almost all the Byzantines present in the network. Then, in order to improve the performance of the network, we propose a dynamic non-identical quantizer design scheme at the local sensors. We show that our proposed design not only enhances the system performance by reducing the estimation error of the target location but also makes it robust to the presence of Byzantines by making them ineffective when combined with our Byzantine identification scheme.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2012 46th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, CISS 2012
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event2012 46th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, CISS 2012 - Princeton, NJ, United States
Duration: Mar 21 2012Mar 23 2012

Publication series

Name2012 46th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, CISS 2012

Other

Other2012 46th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, CISS 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPrinceton, NJ
Period3/21/123/23/12

Keywords

  • Byzantine Attacks
  • Localization
  • Wireless Sensor Networks

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Information Systems

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