Configurable Secured Adaptive Routing Protocol for Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks

Authors

  • Hessa Jassim Al-Junaid Assistant Professor | Dept. Computer Engineering | College of Information Technology | University of Bahrain http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6679-4497
  • Reham Nemer Almesaeed Assistant Professor | Dept. Computer Engineering | College of Information Technology University of Bahrain http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7267-3915
  • Ahmed Ebrahim Alnaser College of Information Technology | University of Bahrain

Abstract

This paper aims at designing, building, and simulating a secured routing protocol to defend against packet dropping attacks in mobile WSNs (MWSNs). This research addresses the gap in the literature by proposing Configurable Secured Adaptive Routing Protocol (CSARP). CSARP has four levels of protection to allow suitability for different types of network applications. The protocol allows the network admin to configure the required protection level and the ratio of cluster heads to all nodes. The protocol has an adaptive feature, which allows for better protection and preventing the spread of the threats in the network. The conducted CSARP simulations with different conditions showed the ability of CSARP to identify all malicious nodes and remove them from the network. CSARP provided more than 99.97% packets delivery rate with 0% data packet loss in the existence of 3 malicious nodes in comparison with 3.17% data packet loss without using CSARP. When compared with LEACH, CSARP showed an improvement in extending the lifetime of the network by up to 39.5%. The proposed protocol has proven to be better than the available security solutions in terms of configurability, adaptability, optimization for MWSNs, energy consumption optimization, and the suitability for different MWSNs applications and conditions.

Author Biographies

Hessa Jassim Al-Junaid, Assistant Professor | Dept. Computer Engineering | College of Information Technology | University of Bahrain

Hessa Al-Junaid is an assistant professor of computer engineering in the College of Information Technology, University of Bahrain. She received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Bahrain and obtained the Ph.D. degree from the University of Southampton, UK. She holds a postgraduate certificate in academic practice from the University of York Saint Jones, UK. Al-Junaid was a chairperson for the Computer Engineering department. Her research interests include modeling and simulation of mixed-signal circuits and systems and mixed-disciplinary systems, brainwaves modeling and analysis for Brain Machine Interface and robotics applications. Al-Junaid is an active member in the Bahrain Society of Engineers and in the Institution of Engineering and Technology IET, UK. Al-Junaid is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy HEA, UK. Al-Junaid represented Bahrain in the International Visitor Leadership Program IVLP themed advancing women in STEAM fields, USA.

Reham Nemer Almesaeed, Assistant Professor | Dept. Computer Engineering | College of Information Technology University of Bahrain

Reham Almesaeed received her B.Sc. in computer engineering from IT College, University of Bahrain, in 2008, and her M.Sc and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom, in 2010 and 2017 respectively. She is currently an assistant professor in the Computer Engineering Department at the University of Bahrain and a research associate at University of Bristol, UK. Her research interests include wireless channel modeling, wireless local area networks, Wireless sensor networks, Long Term Evolution & fifth-generation communications systems, mmWave communications, and massive MIMO. She is a board member on the IEEE ComSoc, Bahrain chapter, and WiBD in Bahrain. She also an associate editor in the IJCDS journal.

Ahmed Ebrahim Alnaser, College of Information Technology | University of Bahrain

Ahmed Alnaser received the B.Sc. degree in computer science and the M.Sc. degree in cybersecurity from the University of Bahrain. His research interests include securing routing protocols in mobile wireless sensor networks, packet dropping attacks in MWSN, securing server-less infrastructure, and smart devices cybersecurity.

Alnaser is the head of information and network team and has been working in the information technology field since 2004.

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