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App. Res. of Comp. Accepted Paper
Vol. 42, 2025 No. 3

Lightweight puf-based multi-gateway authentication protocol for wireless sensor networks

Wang Xiong1a
Wang Wenbo1a
Liu Ang1b
Xu Shengwei1c
Li Weilin1a
Zhang Zehao1a
1. a. Dept. of Cyberspace Security, b. Network & Information Management Division, c. Institute of Information Security, Beijing Eletronic Science & Technology Institute, Beijing 100070, China
DOI: 10.19734/j.issn.1001-3695.2024.06.0249

Abstract

To address issues such as low computational efficiency, lack of security, and limited resources in wireless sensor networks, this paper proposes a lightweight multi-gateway authentication protocol based on Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) . This protocol utilizes only lightweight operations such as XOR and hash functions to ensure encrypted transmission and integrity verification. Each device generates a unique "device fingerprint" using the PUF function to identify its uniqueness. The proposed network architecture solves the computational bottleneck and single point of failure issues at gateway nodes. Additionally, we demonstrate that this protocol meets 14 security attributes, including confidentiality, integrity, anonymity of information transmission, and so on, through the random oracle model, ProVerif protocol simulation tool, and informal security analysis. Finally, under a unified performance benchmark, we compare and analyze this protocol against recent related protocols, showing significant advantages in efficiency, storage cost, and security attributes.

Foundation Support

国家自然科学基金资助项目(62176273)
中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金资助项目(3282024026,3282023015)

Publish Information

DOI: 10.19734/j.issn.1001-3695.2024.06.0249
Publish at: Application Research of Computers Accepted Paper, Vol. 42, 2025 No. 3

Publish History

[2024-12-06] Accepted Paper

Cite This Article

王雄, 王文博, 刘昂, 等. 无线传感器网络中的基于PUF的轻量级多网关身份认证协议 [J]. 计算机应用研究, 2025, 42 (3). (2024-12-16). https://doi.org/10.19734/j.issn.1001-3695.2024.06.0249. (Wang Xiong, Wang Wenbo, Liu Ang, et al. Lightweight puf-based multi-gateway authentication protocol for wireless sensor networks [J]. Application Research of Computers, 2025, 42 (3). (2024-12-16). https://doi.org/10.19734/j.issn.1001-3695.2024.06.0249. )

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  • Application Research of Computers Monthly Journal
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Application Research of Computers, founded in 1984, is an academic journal of computing technology sponsored by Sichuan Institute of Computer Sciences under the Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province.

Aiming at the urgently needed cutting-edge technology in this discipline, Application Research of Computers reflects the mainstream technology, hot technology and the latest development trend of computer application research at home and abroad in a timely manner. The main contents of the journal include high-level academic papers in this discipline, the latest scientific research results and major application results. The contents of the columns involve new theories of computer discipline, basic computer theory, algorithm theory research, algorithm design and analysis, blockchain technology, system software and software engineering technology, pattern recognition and artificial intelligence, architecture, advanced computing, parallel processing, database technology, computer network and communication technology, information security technology, computer image graphics and its latest hot application technology.

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