Research on the Location Attack Based on Multiple Counterfeit Identities Technology in Sensor Networks

Positioning is the foundation of wireless sensor applications. An attack method of multiple counterfeit identities in sensor network localization is proposed. At different times, attack nodes counterfeit different identities nodes, sending false reference coordinates, which leads to the failure of positioning. In the paper, we establish a normal localization system, which can accurately calculate the blind node´s coordinate. Then, some attack nodes with multiple counterfeit identities was taken in localization system, which affect the result of calculating the blind node´s coordinate. Through the experiment, we verify the feasibility of the proposed location attack based on multiple counterfeit identities technology.