Node ID based detection of Sybil attack in mobile wireless sensor network

Abstract

Security is the major issue in wireless sensor networks and many defence mechanisms have been developed to secure the network from these alarming attacks by detecting the malicious nodes which hinder the performance of the network. Sybil attack can make the network vulnerable. Sybil attack means a node which illegitimately claims multiple identities. This attack threatens wireless sensor network in routing, voting system, fair resource allocation, data aggregation and misbehaviour detection. Hence, the research is carried out to prevent the Sybil attack and improve the network performance. The node ID-based scheme is proposed, where the detection is based on node registration, consisting of two phases and the assignment of ID to the node is done dynamically. The ID's corresponding to the nodes registered is at the base station and the node active time is monitored, any abnormalities in the above phases confirm the presence of Sybil nodes in the network. The scheme is simulated using NS2. The energy consumed for this algorithm is 2.3 J. The proposed detection scheme is analysed based on the network's PDR and found that the throughput has improved, which prove that this scheme may be used in the environment where security is needed.