A Physiological Authentication Scheme in Secure Healthcare Sensor Networks

Author

Kanjee, Mohammed Raza ; Divi, Kalyani ; Liu, Hong

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

21-25 June 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a novel two-tier authentication scheme based on physiology. Our sensors are fused with a patient, where a physiological key is generated in a decentralized fashion. Secure aggregation and secure routing are deployed in the authentication procedure. This scheme lies on our unique secure architecture for Healthcare WSN that explores the characteristics of Healthcare WSN, departing from general purpose WSN. We conduct extensive analysis to study the effectiveness and efficiency of our scheme.

Keywords

health care; message authentication; patient care; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication security; telemedicine; wireless sensor networks; healthcare wireless sensor networks; patient; physiological authentication scheme; physiological key; secure aggregation; secure architecture; secure healthcare sensor networks; secure routing; two-tier authentication scheme; Authentication; Base stations; Biomedical monitoring; Data security; Databases; Information security; Medical services; Patient monitoring; Power system security; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sensor Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), 2010 7th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7150-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7151-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.2010.5508215

Filename

5508215