Topic: Security Issues in  Sensor Networks

Main Goal:
.	Introduction to sensor networks 
.	Challenges in sensor network
.	Security Problems faced by Sensor networks
.	Requirements for sensor network security
.	Future of sensor networks
            


Scope:
A Sensor network is composed of a large number of sensor nodes that are 
deployed in any type of environment. Recent advancement in wireless communication
and electronics has enabled the development of low cost, low power sensor nodes
that are small in size and communicate among themselves. The sensor nodes which consist 
of data sensing, data processing and communicating lead to the development 
of sensor networks. 

Sensor networks have been identified as one of the most important 
technologies for the 21st century. Sensor networks promise viable 
solutions to many monitoring problems. However,  the practical deployment 
of sensor networks faces many challenges imposed by real-world demands. 

This paper will introduce the concept of sensor network exploring  the key 
concepts ,the challenges faced by sensor networks .The Paper gives major 
emphasis in discussing the security problems faced by the sensor networks 
.A brief view of sensor network security protocol  is done with a study 
of how these protocol  are  functioning and what are the possible ways to 
improve security level . 


References
~~~~~~~~~~ 


1)
Chee-Yee Chong; Kumar, S.P., Sensor networks: Evolution, opportunities, and challenges, Proceedings of the IEEE, 
August 
2003
 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/5/27402/01219475.pdf?tp=&arnumber=1219475&isnumber=27402

2)
Professor Jim Kurose and Victor Lesser (UMass)
Professor Edmundo de Sousa e Silva (Univ. Fed. Rio de Janiero)
Professor Anura Jayasumana (CSU)
Professor Ben Liu (CCNY
Introductory Slides on sensor networks
http://www-net.cs.umass.edu/cs791_sensornets/

3)
G. J. Pottie, W. J. Kaiser
Wireless integrated network sensors
http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/340000/332838/p51-pottie.html?key1=332838&key2=7294407701&coll=portal&dl=ACM&CFID=17028088&CFTOKEN=32490667

4)
Alan Mainwaring, David Culler, Joseph Polastre, Robert Szewczyk, John Anderson, Wireless sensor networks for habitat 
monitoring, Proceedings of the 1st ACM international workshop on Wireless s 
http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/580000/570751/p88-mainwaring.pdf?key1=570751&key2=8205407701&coll=ACM&dl=ACM&CFID=15417869&CFTOKEN=73853836

5)
Adrian Perrig, Robert Szewczyk, J. D. Tygar, Victor Wen, David E. Culler, SPINS: security protocols for sensor 
networks, Wireless Networks,  Volume 8 Issue 5, September 2002 
http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/590000/582464/p521-perrig.pdf?key1=582464&key2=3915407701&coll=Portal&dl=ACM&CFID=15485800&CFTOKEN=49795799
.