A lightweight secure time synchronization mechanism for ISO/IEC/IEEE 21451 sensor networks

Longhua Guo; Jun Wu; Jingwei Li; Jianhua Li; William J. Miller

doi:10.1109/ISPCS.2015.7324673

A lightweight secure time synchronization mechanism for ISO/IEC/IEEE 21451 sensor networks

Longhua Guo, Jun Wu, Jingwei Li, Jianhua Li, William J. Miller

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Abstract

In sensor network, ISO/IEC/IEEE 21451 standards attach significance for its provided communication and information models which facilitate the access of smart sensor to a network. As a distributed system, many applications and protocols in ISO/IEC/IEEE 21451 sensor network require common clock through time synchronization. Ensuring the security of time synchronization sets significant foundation to basic communication. In this paper, we proposed a lightweight secure time synchronization mechanism for ISO/IEC/IEEE 21451 sensor network which takes the security requirements including authentication, integrity, confidentiality, nonrepudiation and availability into consideration. Authentication phase, timestamp transfer phase and synchronization phase comprise the main steps for the time synchronization. Strong authentication provides basis for security protection. Lightweight encryption algorithm is utilized for more precise time synchronization. Discussion and simulation result are given to support the efficiency of the lightweight proposed secure time synchronization.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ISPCS 2015 - 2015 International IEEE Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control, and Communication, Proceedings
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	13-18
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467375948
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPCS.2015.7324673
Publication status	Published - 2015 Nov 10
Externally published	Yes
Event	9th International IEEE Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control, and Communication, ISPCS 2015 - Beijing, China Duration: 2015 Oct 11 → 2015 Oct 16

Publication series

Name	IEEE International Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control, and Communication, ISPCS
Volume	2015-November
ISSN (Print)	1949-0305
ISSN (Electronic)	1949-0313

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Conference	9th International IEEE Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control, and Communication, ISPCS 2015
Country/Territory	China
City	Beijing
Period	15/10/11 → 15/10/16

Keywords

ISO/IEC/IEEE 21451 Standard
lightweight secure time synchronization
sensor networks

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Control and Systems Engineering

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Guo, L., Wu, J., Li, J., Li, J., & Miller, W. J. (2015). A lightweight secure time synchronization mechanism for ISO/IEC/IEEE 21451 sensor networks. In ISPCS 2015 - 2015 International IEEE Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control, and Communication, Proceedings (pp. 13-18). Article 7324673 (IEEE International Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control, and Communication, ISPCS; Vol. 2015-November). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPCS.2015.7324673

A lightweight secure time synchronization mechanism for ISO/IEC/IEEE 21451 sensor networks. / Guo, Longhua; Wu, Jun; Li, Jingwei et al.
ISPCS 2015 - 2015 International IEEE Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control, and Communication, Proceedings. IEEE Computer Society, 2015. p. 13-18 7324673 (IEEE International Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control, and Communication, ISPCS; Vol. 2015-November).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Guo, L, Wu, J, Li, J, Li, J & Miller, WJ 2015, A lightweight secure time synchronization mechanism for ISO/IEC/IEEE 21451 sensor networks. in ISPCS 2015 - 2015 International IEEE Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control, and Communication, Proceedings., 7324673, IEEE International Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control, and Communication, ISPCS, vol. 2015-November, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 13-18, 9th International IEEE Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control, and Communication, ISPCS 2015, Beijing, China, 15/10/11. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPCS.2015.7324673

Guo L, Wu J, Li J, Li J, Miller WJ. A lightweight secure time synchronization mechanism for ISO/IEC/IEEE 21451 sensor networks. In ISPCS 2015 - 2015 International IEEE Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control, and Communication, Proceedings. IEEE Computer Society. 2015. p. 13-18. 7324673. (IEEE International Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control, and Communication, ISPCS). doi: 10.1109/ISPCS.2015.7324673

Guo, Longhua ; Wu, Jun ; Li, Jingwei et al. / A lightweight secure time synchronization mechanism for ISO/IEC/IEEE 21451 sensor networks. ISPCS 2015 - 2015 International IEEE Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control, and Communication, Proceedings. IEEE Computer Society, 2015. pp. 13-18 (IEEE International Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control, and Communication, ISPCS).

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