Efficient Sensor Node Authentication via 3GPP Mobile Communication Networks

Energy effciency is one of important issues in the resource constrained wireless sensor network. In this paper, we pro- pose the authentication and key agreement protocol that efficiently reduces the overall computational and communticion cation costs in the next generation converged network. The enhanced security procedures are operated through the mo- bile network in order to maximize the lifetime of the sensor networks and to apply the combined capabilities of both networks.