A Cluster-Based Energy-Efficient Secure Optimal Path-Routing Protocol for Wireless Body-Area Sensor Networks

Dass, Ruby; Narayanan, Manikandan; Ananthakrishnan, Gayathri; Kathirvel Murugan, Tamilarasi; Nallakaruppan, Musiri Kailasanathan; Somayaji, Siva Rama Krishnan; Arputharaj, Kannan; Khan, Surbhi Bhatia; Almusharraf, Ahlam

doi:10.3390/s23146274

A Cluster-Based Energy-Efficient Secure Optimal Path-Routing Protocol for Wireless Body-Area Sensor Networks

Dass, Ruby; Narayanan, Manikandan; Ananthakrishnan, Gayathri; Kathirvel Murugan, Tamilarasi; Nallakaruppan, Musiri Kailasanathan; Somayaji, Siva Rama Krishnan; Arputharaj, Kannan; Khan, Surbhi Bhatia; Almusharraf, Ahlam

Authors

Ruby Dass

Manikandan Narayanan

Gayathri Ananthakrishnan

Tamilarasi Kathirvel Murugan

Musiri Kailasanathan Nallakaruppan

Siva Rama Krishnan Somayaji

Kannan Arputharaj

Dr Surbhi Khan S.Khan138@salford.ac.uk
Lecturer in Data Science

Ahlam Almusharraf

Abstract

Recently, research into Wireless Body-Area Sensor Networks (WBASN) or Wireless Body-Area Networks (WBAN) has gained much importance in medical applications, and now plays a significant role in patient monitoring. Among the various operations, routing is still recognized as a resource-intensive activity. As a result, designing an energy-efficient routing system for WBAN is critical. The existing routing algorithms focus more on energy efficiency than security. However, security attacks will lead to more energy consumption, which will reduce overall network performance. To handle the issues of reliability, energy efficiency, and security in WBAN, a new cluster-based secure routing protocol called the Secure Optimal Path-Routing (SOPR) protocol has been proposed in this paper. This proposed algorithm provides security by identifying and avoiding black-hole attacks on one side, and by sending data packets in encrypted form on the other side to strengthen communication security in WBANs. The main advantages of implementing the proposed protocol include improved overall network performance by increasing the packet-delivery ratio and reducing attack-detection overheads, detection time, energy consumption, and delay.

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Apr 14, 2023
Online Publication Date	Jul 10, 2023
Deposit Date	Aug 15, 2023
Publicly Available Date	Aug 15, 2023
Journal	Sensors
Print ISSN	1424-8220
Publisher	MDPI
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	23
Issue	14
Pages	6274
DOI	https://doi.org/10.3390/s23146274
Keywords	Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biochemistry, Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Analytical Chemistry