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Security for IEEE P1451.1.6-based Sensor Networks for IoT Applications

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Author(s)

Eugene Song, Kang B. Lee, Hiroaki Nishi, Janaka Wejekoon

Abstract

There are many challenges for Internet of Things (IoT) sensor networks including the lack of robust standards, diverse wireline and wireless connectivity, interoperability, security, and privacy. Addressing these challenges, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) P1451.0 standard defines network services, transducer services, transducer electronic data sheets (TEDS) format, and a security framework to achieve sensor data security and interoperability for IoT applications. This paper proposes a security solution for IEEE P1451.1.6-based sensor networks for IoT applications utilizing the security framework defined in IEEE P1451.0. The proposed solution includes an architecture, a security policy with six security levels, security standards, and security TEDS. Further, this paper introduces a new service to update access control lists (ACLs) to regulate the access for topic names by the applications and provides an implementation of the security TEDS for IEEE P1451.1.6-based sensor networks. The paper also illustrates how to access security TEDS that contains metadata on security standards to achieve sensor data security and interoperability.
Proceedings Title
Proceedings of the 2024 Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON)
Conference Dates
November 3-6, 2024
Conference Location
Chicago, IL, US
Conference Title
The 2024 Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON)

Keywords

APP, IoT, MQTT, NCAP, P1451.0, P1451.1.6, Security, Sensor Network, TIM

Citation

Song, E. , Lee, K. , Nishi, H. and Wejekoon, J. (2025), Security for IEEE P1451.1.6-based Sensor Networks for IoT Applications, Proceedings of the 2024 Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), Chicago, IL, US, [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON55916.2024.10905544, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=957804 (Accessed March 25, 2025)

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Created March 10, 2025, Updated March 17, 2025