Bahache Anwar Noureddine, Chikouche Noureddine, Mezrag Fares
Department of Computer Science, University of M'sila, BP. 166 Ichebilia 28000 M'sila, Algeria.
Laboratoire d'Analyse des Signaux et Systèmes, Université Mohamed Boudiaf - M'Sila, M'sila, Algeria.
SN Comput Sci. 2022;3(5):382. doi: 10.1007/s42979-022-01300-z. Epub 2022 Jul 18.
Many applications are developed with the quick emergence of the Internet of things (IoT) and wireless sensor networks (WSNs) in the health sector. Healthcare applications that use wireless medical sensor networks (WMSNs) provide competent communication solutions for enhancing people life. WMSNs rely on highly sensitive and resource-constrained devices, so-called sensors, that sense patients' vital signs then send them through open channels via gateways to specialists. However, these transmitted data from WMSNs can be manipulated by adversaries without data security, resulting in crucial consequences. In light of this, efficient security solutions and authentication schemes are needed. Lately, researchers have focussed highly on authentication for WMSNs, and many schemes have been proposed to preserve privacy and security requirements. These schemes face a lot of security and performance issues due to the constrained devices used. This paper presents a new classification of authentication schemes in WMSNs based on its architecture; as far as we know, it is the first of its kind. It also provides a comprehensive study of the existing authentication schemes in terms of security and performance. The performance evaluation is based on experimental results. Moreover, it identifies some future research directions and recommendations for designing authentication schemes in WMSNs.
随着物联网（IoT）和无线传感器网络（WSN）在医疗领域的迅速兴起，许多应用得以开发。使用无线医疗传感器网络（WMSN）的医疗保健应用为改善人们的生活提供了有效的通信解决方案。WMSN依赖于高度敏感且资源受限的设备，即所谓的传感器，这些传感器感知患者的生命体征，然后通过网关通过开放通道将其发送给专家。然而，这些来自WMSN传输的数据如果没有数据安全保护，可能会被对手操纵，从而导致严重后果。有鉴于此，需要高效的安全解决方案和认证方案。最近，研究人员高度关注WMSN的认证，并且已经提出了许多方案来满足隐私和安全要求。由于所使用的设备受限，这些方案面临许多安全和性能问题。本文基于其架构对WMSN中的认证方案进行了新的分类；据我们所知，这是同类中的首次。它还从安全性和性能方面对现有认证方案进行了全面研究。性能评估基于实验结果。此外，它还确定了一些未来的研究方向以及设计WMSN认证方案的建议。
