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Aleksandr Ometov¹, Sergey Bezzateev², Natalia Voloshina³

¹Tampere University, 33720 Tampere, Finland.

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|January 1, 2020

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Future environmental monitoring will use secure, distributed wireless sensor networks (WSNs). This research presents a novel framework enhancing WSN flexibility, scalability, and security for real-world applications.

Keywords:

authentication mechanism distributed systems environmental monitoring security wireless sensor network

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Area of Science:

Environmental Science
Computer Science
Network Engineering

Background:

Climate change and pollution drive the need for advanced environmental monitoring.
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) offer progress but face flexibility-security trade-offs.
Current WSNs often struggle with scalability and robust communication.

Purpose of the Study:

To overview environmental monitoring strategies and applications.
To propose and evaluate a secure, distributed WSN framework.
To address the flexibility-security balance in WSNs.

Main Methods:

Developed a secure distributed monitoring framework (hardware and software).
Enabled sensor communication in infrastructure and mesh modes.
Implemented an authentication mechanism for secure node migration.

Main Results:

The framework enhances system failure resistance and scalability through relay capabilities.
Sensors can migrate transparently between network segments securely.
Real-life deployment results demonstrate the framework's effectiveness.

Conclusions:

Distributed WSNs are the future of environmental monitoring.
The developed framework offers a scalable, secure, and flexible solution.
The system proved robust in real-world environmental monitoring scenarios.