Multimodal Biometric-Based Secured Access Mechanism for Wireless Sensor Networks

Preetha S; Sheela S V

doi:10.3991/ijoe.v18i09.30425

Authors

Preetha S B.M.S. College Of Engineering https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4160-8656
Sheela S V B.M.S. College of Engineering https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2749-6707

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v18i09.30425

Keywords:

Multimodal, Iris, Fingerprint, User Biometric Authentication, Wireless sensor network;

Abstract

Wireless Sensors Network’s (WSN) security is a critical concern owing to their unattended and intimidating distribution. Providing authentication to these networks with limited resources is a challenging task. Biometric based user authentication schemes with light computations and easy operations provide potential solutions. Several unimodal biometric techniques are proposed to secure WSN. Unimodal is susceptible to limited accuracy and spoofing. However, Multimodal biometric technology offers greater security. This paper proposes an algorithm combining fingerprint and iris biometric features for authentication. Registration and authentication processes using limited resources that are available at the WSN nodes are implemented. Experimentation results calculate computational overhead and are compared with existing methods.

Author Biographies

Preetha S, B.M.S. College Of Engineering

Preetha S working in the capacity of Assistant Professor, in the Department of Information Science and Engineering. She obtained my B.E. in Computer Science and Engineering from BMS College of Engineering. She is an Alumni of BMSCE serving for the institution since 2007. She also received M.Tech in Computer Network Engineering from Dayanand Sagar College of Engineering, affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belguam. She has over 11 years of Teaching Experience and have registered for P.hD.,(VTU).

Sheela S V, B.M.S. College of Engineering

Dr. Sheela has an experience of 21 years teaching courses in different facets of Information science. She has 17 publications to her credit. She is currently guiding three research scholars in the areas of biometric authentication. She has coordinated several workshops, industry visits and extension lectures including National level championships in association with IIT Kharagpur. She has actively participated in IEEE International Advance Computing Conference - IACC 2015. She is the member of IEEE.