{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2133199053","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1186/1687-1499-2014-131","title":"Anti-traffic analysis attack for location privacy in WSNs","display_name":"Anti-traffic analysis attack for location privacy in WSNs","publication_year":2014,"publication_date":"2014-08-13","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2133199053","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1186/1687-1499-2014-131","mag":"2133199053"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1186/1687-1499-2014-131","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/1687-1499-2014-131","pdf_url":"https://jwcn-eurasipjournals.springeropen.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/1687-1499-2014-131","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S82675988","display_name":"EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking","issn_l":"1687-1472","issn":["1687-1472","1687-1499"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319965","host_organization_name":"Springer Nature","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://jwcn-eurasipjournals.springeropen.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/1687-1499-2014-131","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5031897149","display_name":"Bi Di Ying","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I75059550","display_name":"Zhejiang Gongshang University","ror":"https://ror.org/0569mkk41","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I75059550"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Bi Di Ying","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Information and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China","School of Information & Electronic Engineering; Zhejiang Gongshang University; Hangzhou China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Information and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I75059550"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Information & Electronic Engineering; Zhejiang Gongshang University; Hangzhou China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I75059550"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5014940812","display_name":"Dimitrios Makrakis","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3258-2984"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I153718931","display_name":"University of Ottawa","ror":"https://ror.org/03c4mmv16","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I153718931"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Dimitrios Makrakis","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, K1N 6N5, Canada","School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada#TAB#"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, K1N 6N5, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I153718931"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I153718931"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5055542851","display_name":"Hussein T. Mouftah","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7939-7212"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I153718931","display_name":"University of Ottawa","ror":"https://ror.org/03c4mmv16","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I153718931"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hussein T Mouftah","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, K1N 6N5, Canada","School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada#TAB#"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, K1N 6N5, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I153718931"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I153718931"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5031897149"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I75059550"],"apc_list":{"value":1665,"currency":"USD","value_usd":1665},"apc_paid":{"value":1665,"currency":"USD","value_usd":1665},"fwci":5.4665,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":37,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.95865633,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"2014","issue":"1","first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11498","display_name":"Security in Wireless Sensor Networks","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11498","display_name":"Security in Wireless Sensor Networks","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10400","display_name":"Network Security and Intrusion Detection","score":0.9991000294685364,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11598","display_name":"Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting","score":0.9983999729156494,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8498866558074951},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/adversary","display_name":"Adversary","score":0.7292735576629639},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sink","display_name":"Sink (geography)","score":0.6038722991943359},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/encryption","display_name":"Encryption","score":0.5509803891181946},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-security","display_name":"Computer security","score":0.5492265224456787},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/traffic-analysis","display_name":"Traffic analysis","score":0.5251521468162537},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/heuristics","display_name":"Heuristics","score":0.5073093771934509},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.48287490010261536},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/energy-consumption","display_name":"Energy consumption","score":0.4815266728401184},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/security-analysis","display_name":"Security analysis","score":0.4682508707046509},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/entropy","display_name":"Entropy (arrow of time)","score":0.4150419533252716}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8498866558074951},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41065033","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2825412","display_name":"Adversary","level":2,"score":0.7292735576629639},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C143050476","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194502","display_name":"Sink (geography)","level":2,"score":0.6038722991943359},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C148730421","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141090","display_name":"Encryption","level":2,"score":0.5509803891181946},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.5492265224456787},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781317605","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7832483","display_name":"Traffic analysis","level":2,"score":0.5251521468162537},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127705205","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5748245","display_name":"Heuristics","level":2,"score":0.5073093771934509},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.48287490010261536},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780165032","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16869822","display_name":"Energy consumption","level":2,"score":0.4815266728401184},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38369872","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7445009","display_name":"Security analysis","level":2,"score":0.4682508707046509},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C106301342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4117933","display_name":"Entropy (arrow of time)","level":2,"score":0.4150419533252716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C58640448","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42515","display_name":"Cartography","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1186/1687-1499-2014-131","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/1687-1499-2014-131","pdf_url":"https://jwcn-eurasipjournals.springeropen.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/1687-1499-2014-131","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S82675988","display_name":"EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking","issn_l":"1687-1472","issn":["1687-1472","1687-1499"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319965","host_organization_name":"Springer Nature","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1186/1687-1499-2014-131","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/1687-1499-2014-131","pdf_url":"https://jwcn-eurasipjournals.springeropen.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/1687-1499-2014-131","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S82675988","display_name":"EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking","issn_l":"1687-1472","issn":["1687-1472","1687-1499"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319965","host_organization_name":"Springer Nature","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Affordable and clean energy","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/7","score":0.9200000166893005}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1174290013","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"61301142","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2370939790","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"Y201328392","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320338464","funder_display_name":"Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G456497496","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"LQ13F010001","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320338464","funder_display_name":"Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01h0zpd94"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320338464","display_name":"Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province","ror":"https://ror.org/01h0zpd94"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":49,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W606498814","https://openalex.org/W1534108383","https://openalex.org/W1582462706","https://openalex.org/W1965976189","https://openalex.org/W1969575473","https://openalex.org/W1971017549","https://openalex.org/W1978651921","https://openalex.org/W1989651117","https://openalex.org/W1993638601","https://openalex.org/W1996124278","https://openalex.org/W2006399483","https://openalex.org/W2010971105","https://openalex.org/W2015167409","https://openalex.org/W2021114064","https://openalex.org/W2021298547","https://openalex.org/W2030687625","https://openalex.org/W2033751220","https://openalex.org/W2038976731","https://openalex.org/W2071792901","https://openalex.org/W2072123005","https://openalex.org/W2078397199","https://openalex.org/W2088069667","https://openalex.org/W2088350436","https://openalex.org/W2102611836","https://openalex.org/W2106335692","https://openalex.org/W2110526464","https://openalex.org/W2110573935","https://openalex.org/W2116269350","https://openalex.org/W2116330776","https://openalex.org/W2120417050","https://openalex.org/W2121047202","https://openalex.org/W2121070936","https://openalex.org/W2125428225","https://openalex.org/W2130137998","https://openalex.org/W2131471691","https://openalex.org/W2133494063","https://openalex.org/W2140372921","https://openalex.org/W2141190563","https://openalex.org/W2141810014","https://openalex.org/W2144344828","https://openalex.org/W2144576616","https://openalex.org/W2148001642","https://openalex.org/W2150447982","https://openalex.org/W2152158138","https://openalex.org/W2159024459","https://openalex.org/W2163015933","https://openalex.org/W2164130712","https://openalex.org/W2165427916","https://openalex.org/W2166919658"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2280422768","https://openalex.org/W3143197806","https://openalex.org/W4252555497","https://openalex.org/W2343460230","https://openalex.org/W2766282988","https://openalex.org/W2133803742","https://openalex.org/W1894390608","https://openalex.org/W2143670853","https://openalex.org/W2371263396","https://openalex.org/W2355208758"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Traditional":[0],"encryption":[1],"and":[2,134,162,177],"authentication":[3],"methods":[4],"are":[5],"not":[6],"effective":[7],"in":[8,110],"preserving":[9],"a":[10,15,30,46,91,112],"sink's":[11,39,83,174],"location":[12,40,84,175],"privacy":[13],"from":[14,77],"global":[16,49],"adversary":[17,76],"that":[18,114,126],"is":[19,60,71,148],"monitoring":[20],"the":[21,38,56,63,66,75,82,86,140,143,168,173],"network":[22,160],"traffic.":[23],"In":[24,42],"this":[25],"paper,":[26],"we":[27,104,115,153],"first":[28],"propose":[29],"novel":[31],"anti-traffic":[32],"analysis":[33,88,166],"(ATA)":[34],"method":[35],"to":[36,44,73,98,119,124],"preserve":[37],"privacy.":[41],"order":[43],"confuse":[45],"local":[47,155],"or":[48],"adversary,":[50],"each":[51],"node":[52],"generates":[53],"dummy":[54,95,132,137],"messages,":[55],"number":[57,64,93],"of":[58,65,94,100,142,167],"which":[59],"dependent":[61],"on":[62,81,159],"node's":[67],"children.":[68],"Hence,":[69],"ATA":[70,108,169],"able":[72],"prevent":[74],"acquiring":[78],"valuable":[79],"information":[80],"through":[85],"traffic":[87,161],"attack.":[89],"However,":[90],"larger":[92],"messages":[96,133],"lead":[97],"consumption":[99],"extra":[101],"energy.":[102],"Then,":[103],"design":[105],"our":[106],"improved":[107],"(IATA)":[109],"such":[111],"way":[113],"select":[116],"some":[117],"sensors":[118,127],"act":[120],"as":[121],"fake":[122,129,145],"sinks,":[123],"ensure":[125],"around":[128],"sinks":[130],"generate":[131],"discard":[135],"received":[136],"messages.":[138],"Since":[139],"problem":[141],"optimal":[144],"sinks'":[146],"placement":[147],"nondeterministic":[149],"polynomial":[150],"time":[151],"(NP)-hard,":[152],"employ":[154],"search":[156],"heuristics":[157],"based":[158],"security":[163],"entropy.":[164],"Performance":[165],"scheme":[170,179],"can":[171,180],"protect":[172],"privacy,":[176],"IATA":[178],"reduce":[181],"energy":[182],"consumption.":[183]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":5}],"updated_date":"2026-07-29T09:40:50.615796","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}