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Many applications require authentication and confidentiality in communication (for example, military and business), but standard authentication and key distribution mechanisms involve energy expenditure. Most approaches in large group of key distributions are suitable for conventional networks. New proposals such as SPINS overcome the deficiencies, and establish the feasibility of sensor network key distribution. In this paper, we propose a new method of key distribution for sensor networks which is inspired by the use of hints in ELK. We describe in detail the operation of the method, and perform energy consumption comparisons with both ELK and SPINS.
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Techateerawat, P., Jennings, A. (2007). Hint Key Distribution for Sensor Networks. In: Sobh, T., Elleithy, K., Mahmood, A., Karim, M. (eds) Innovative Algorithms and Techniques in Automation, Industrial Electronics and Telecommunications. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6266-7_64
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