Challenges in Secure Underwater Wireless Sensor Network with Fine-grained Access Control

Abstract

Underwater wireless sensor networks (UWSN) are increasingly critical for various maritime activities, including military applications and underwater resource exploration. However, UWSN encounters significant challenges in ensuring secure, accurate, and low-latency communication. The differences between UWSN and terrestrial wireless sensor networks (WSN), such as lower device performance, higher communication cost and latency, and mobility, create obstacles in directly applying WSN security solutions to UWSN. This paper discusses these challenges and security solutions to meet the unique requirements of UWSNs. © 2023 IEEE.