Research Article

WRHT: A Hybrid Technique for Detection of Wormhole Attack in Wireless Sensor Networks

Table 7

Security comparison of various existing techniques.

TechniqueMechanism usedSpecial hardwareHidden modeParticipation mode

WRHT (proposed)Probability of wormhole presenceNoYesYes
WAP [36]Neighborhood informationNoYesNo
SPROUT [37]Multipath routingNoYesYes
Wang et al. [35]Neighborhood informationNoYesNo
WRSR [38]Connectivity informationNoYesYes
Packet leashes [8]GPS & clockYesYesNo
WARP [39]Multiple link-disjoint pathsNoYesYes
De Worm [34]Neighborhood informationNoYesNo
ODSBR [40]Binary searchNoYesYes