Deterministic key predistribution schemes for distributed sensor networks

Abstract

It is an important issue to establish pairwise keys in distributed sensor networks (DSNs). In this paper, we present two key predistribution schemes (KPSs) for DSNs, ID-based one-way function scheme (IOS) and deterministic multiple space Blom's scheme (DMBS). Our schemes are deterministic, while most existing schemes are based on randomized approach. We show that the performance of our schemes is better than other existing schemes in terms of resiliency against coalition attack. In addition we obtain perfectly resilient KPSs such that the maximum supportable network size is larger than random pairwise keys schemes.