TY - GEN
T1 - Green and sustainable cyber-physical security solutions for body area networks
AU - Venkatasubramanian, K. K.
AU - Banerjee, Ayan
AU - Gupta, Sandeep
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Wireless sensor-based Body Area Networks (BAN) can play a major role in providing individualized health-care. Given their limited power sources, sensors in BAN have to be energy-efficient to ensure longevity and safety of the network. Recent years have seen the emergence of a new class of security solutions for BANs, called cyber-physical security solutions, which enable plug-n-play secure communication within a BAN using environment derived features. However, due to this environment-coupled nature, they require signal processing and mathematical routines which can be potentially very energyintensive for individual sensors. In this paper, we characterize the "energy footprint"of a cyber-physical security solution, the Physiological signal based Key Agreement (PKA). The goal is to-1) compute PKA's energy consumption, and 2) determine whether prominent energy scavenging techniques can be used to meet its requirements. Our results show that the energy requirements of PKA is small and is sustainable by many of the prominent energy scavenging techniques, such as body heat and ambulation, making it a "green" solution for large scale deployments.
AB - Wireless sensor-based Body Area Networks (BAN) can play a major role in providing individualized health-care. Given their limited power sources, sensors in BAN have to be energy-efficient to ensure longevity and safety of the network. Recent years have seen the emergence of a new class of security solutions for BANs, called cyber-physical security solutions, which enable plug-n-play secure communication within a BAN using environment derived features. However, due to this environment-coupled nature, they require signal processing and mathematical routines which can be potentially very energyintensive for individual sensors. In this paper, we characterize the "energy footprint"of a cyber-physical security solution, the Physiological signal based Key Agreement (PKA). The goal is to-1) compute PKA's energy consumption, and 2) determine whether prominent energy scavenging techniques can be used to meet its requirements. Our results show that the energy requirements of PKA is small and is sustainable by many of the prominent energy scavenging techniques, such as body heat and ambulation, making it a "green" solution for large scale deployments.
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U2 - 10.1109/BSN.2009.47
DO - 10.1109/BSN.2009.47
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:70350771110
SN - 9780769536446
T3 - Proceedings - 2009 6th International Workshop on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks, BSN 2009
SP - 240
EP - 245
BT - Proceedings - 2009 6th International Workshop on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks, BSN 2009
T2 - 2009 6th International Workshop on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks, BSN 2009
Y2 - 3 June 2009 through 5 June 2009
ER -