As the massive sensor data generated by large-scale Wireless Sensor Networks （WSNs） recently become an indispensable part of ＇Big Data＇, the collection, storage, transmission and analysis of the big sensor data at...As the massive sensor data generated by large-scale Wireless Sensor Networks （WSNs） recently become an indispensable part of ＇Big Data＇, the collection, storage, transmission and analysis of the big sensor data attract considerable attention from researchers. Targeting the privacy requirements of large-scale WSNs and focusing on the energy-efficient collection of big sensor data, a Scalable Privacy-preserving Big Data Aggregation （Sca-PBDA） method is proposed in this paper. Firstly, according to the pre-established gradient topology structure, sensor nodes in the network are divided into clusters. Secondly, sensor data is modified by each node according to the privacy-preserving configuration message received from the sink. Subsequently, intra- and inter-cluster data aggregation is employed during the big sensor data reporting phase to reduce energy consumption. Lastly, aggregated results are recovered by the sink to complete the privacy-preserving big data aggregation. Simulation results validate the efficacy and scalability of Sca-PBDA and show that the big sensor data generated by large-scale WSNs is efficiently ag- gregated to reduce network resource consumption and the sensor data privacy is effectively protected to meet the ever-growing application requirements.展开更多
文摘As the massive sensor data generated by large-scale Wireless Sensor Networks （WSNs） recently become an indispensable part of ＇Big Data＇, the collection, storage, transmission and analysis of the big sensor data attract considerable attention from researchers. Targeting the privacy requirements of large-scale WSNs and focusing on the energy-efficient collection of big sensor data, a Scalable Privacy-preserving Big Data Aggregation （Sca-PBDA） method is proposed in this paper. Firstly, according to the pre-established gradient topology structure, sensor nodes in the network are divided into clusters. Secondly, sensor data is modified by each node according to the privacy-preserving configuration message received from the sink. Subsequently, intra- and inter-cluster data aggregation is employed during the big sensor data reporting phase to reduce energy consumption. Lastly, aggregated results are recovered by the sink to complete the privacy-preserving big data aggregation. Simulation results validate the efficacy and scalability of Sca-PBDA and show that the big sensor data generated by large-scale WSNs is efficiently ag- gregated to reduce network resource consumption and the sensor data privacy is effectively protected to meet the ever-growing application requirements.
