lmRNG: A Lightweight Pseudorandom Number Generator for Wireless Sensor Networks

Anna Sojka, Krzysztof Piotrowski

2012

Abstract

Wireless sensor networks (WSN) are often used in the areas where the data security is very important. The cryptographic protocols developed for WSN need to be as computationally inexpensive as possible due to the energy and computational constraints of WSN. The same requirements concern also the elements of these protocols, e.g. the random number generator. In this paper we present our work on a pseudorandom number generator for wireless sensor networks. It uses a modification of the LogisticMap, which is adapted to be used in the constrained environment of the WSN. In our approach we combine a non-deterministic seed source with the deterministic function to get the pseudorandom number generator. We present the results of the tests confirming that our approach fulfils the requirements of randomness and is a candidate to be used for cryptographic purposes.

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Sojka A. and Piotrowski K. (2012). lmRNG: A Lightweight Pseudorandom Number Generator for Wireless Sensor Networks . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Security and Cryptography - Volume 1: SECRYPT, (ICETE 2012) ISBN 978-989-8565-24-2, pages 358-363. DOI: 10.5220/0004016503580363


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@conference{secrypt12,
author={Anna Sojka and Krzysztof Piotrowski},
title={lmRNG: A Lightweight Pseudorandom Number Generator for Wireless Sensor Networks},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Security and Cryptography - Volume 1: SECRYPT, (ICETE 2012)},
year={2012},
pages={358-363},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004016503580363},
isbn={978-989-8565-24-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Security and Cryptography - Volume 1: SECRYPT, (ICETE 2012)
TI - lmRNG: A Lightweight Pseudorandom Number Generator for Wireless Sensor Networks
SN - 978-989-8565-24-2
AU - Sojka A.
AU - Piotrowski K.
PY - 2012
SP - 358
EP - 363
DO - 10.5220/0004016503580363