A Trust Model using Fuzzy Logic in Wireless Sensor Network

Adapting various sensor devices to communicate within sensor networks empowers us by providing range of possibilities. The sensors in sensor networks need to know their measurable belief of trust for efficient and safe communication. In this paper, we suggested a trust model using fuzzy logic in sensor network. Trust is an aggregation of consensus given a set of past interaction among sensors. We applied our suggested model to sensor networks in order to show how trust mechanisms are involved in communicating algorithm to choose the proper path from source to destination.

Authors:

• Tae Kyung Kim
• Hee Suk Seo

Keywords:

• Fuzzy
• Sensor Networks
• Trust.

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