SSLP: A Stratification-Based Source Location Privacy Scheme in Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks

Source location privacy (SLP) protection is an important means of security protection in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). With the development of underwater acoustic sensor networks (UASNs), security and privacy have attracted increasing attention. In this study, we incorporated SLP into UASNs as the basis for a novel stratification-based source location privacy (SSLP) scheme. In the SSLP scheme, SLP is protected through the cooperation of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) in each network layer. Because fake source nodes and fake data streams are commonly used in WSNs, methods that have similar functions in UASNs are required. Hence, we incorporate a fake source node into the underwater cluster structure to add randomness to the underwater network. Furthermore, fake data streams have been included within the AUV data collection and transmission for each cluster. Simulation results confirm that the SSLP scheme offers improved security in comparison with existing underwater data transmission schemes.

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