Target tracking in Wireless Sensor Networks in the presence of Byzantines

Aditya Vempat, Onur Ozdemir, Pramod K. Varshney

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Abstract

In this paper, we consider the problem of target tracking in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) in the presence of malicious sensors. These malicious sensors, called Byzantines, send falsified information to the fusion center. We analyze the effect of false information from the Byzantines on target state estimation. We analytically obtain the minimum fraction of Byzantines that 'blinds' the fusion center, i.e., that makes the local sensor data useless to the fusion center. We also propose a dynamic non-identical quantizer design to reduce the effect of Byzantines on tracking performance. We show the effectiveness of the proposed scheme with simulation results.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 16th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION 2013
Pages968-973
Number of pages6
StatePublished - 2013
Event16th International Conference of Information Fusion, FUSION 2013 - Istanbul, Turkey
Duration: Jul 9 2013Jul 12 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 16th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION 2013

Other

Other16th International Conference of Information Fusion, FUSION 2013
Country/TerritoryTurkey
CityIstanbul
Period7/9/137/12/13

Keywords

  • Byzantine attacksc
  • Target tracking
  • wireless sensor networks

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Information Systems

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