Review of Security for Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks

SU Yishan; ZHANG Hehe; ZHANG Rui; MA Suya; FAN Rong; FU Xiaomei; JIN Zhigang

doi:10.11999/JEIT211576

Volume 45 Issue 3

Mar. 2023

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SU Yishan, ZHANG Hehe, ZHANG Rui, MA Suya, FAN Rong, FU Xiaomei, JIN Zhigang. Review of Security for Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks[J]. Journal of Electronics & Information Technology, 2023, 45(3): 1121-1133. doi: 10.11999/JEIT211576

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SU Yishan, ZHANG Hehe, ZHANG Rui, MA Suya, FAN Rong, FU Xiaomei, JIN Zhigang. Review of Security for Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks[J]. Journal of Electronics & Information Technology, 2023, 45(3): 1121-1133. doi: 10.11999/JEIT211576

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Review of Security for Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks

doi: 10.11999/JEIT211576

SU Yishan¹,
ZHANG Hehe¹,
ZHANG Rui^{1, 2},
MA Suya¹,
FAN Rong¹,
FU Xiaomei³,
JIN Zhigang^{1
,
,}

1.
School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
2.
School of Marine Science and Technology, Tianjin Sino-German University of Applied Sciences, Tianjin 300350, China
3.
School of Marine Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China

Funds: The National Natural Science Foundation of China (62171310, 52171337)

Received Date: 2021-12-27
Accepted Date: 2022-06-08
Rev Recd Date: 2022-05-12

Available Online: 2022-06-13

Publish Date: 2023-03-10

Abstract

Abstract

Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks (UWSNs) are widely used in disaster warning, resource exploration and other fields. However, UWSNs are vulnerable to malicious attacks. Therefore, it is urgent to develop a security mechanism that can adapt to its characteristics, e.g. communication band width, propagation time extension, and severe spatio-temporal uncertainty. First, based on the analysis of the characteristics and security requirements of UWSNs, the security threats UWSNs face are discussed in this paper. Then, the security mechanisms of UWSNs are summarized, including encryption, authentication, trust management, intrusion detection, secure location, secure synchronization and secure routing. Finally, the challenges of lack of practical tests and relevant data sets in the security research of UWSNs are discussed, as well as the future research direction of developing security mechanism based on network characteristics.
- Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks (UWSNs),
- Network security,
- Malicious attacks,
- Security technology

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