Protecting Location Privacy in IoT Wireless Sensor Networks through Addresses Anonymity

<table class="algorithm-group"><tr><td><table class="algorithm" id="alg3"><tr><td>(1)</td><td>Find the shortest path from the source node to base station according to routing protocol such as dijkstra.</td></tr><tr><td>(2)</td><td>The base station calculates hops <b>n</b> from source node to base station and requests the node <b>n/2</b> hops away to initiate a circular forwarding path.</td></tr><tr><td>(3)</td><td>The selected node broadcasts beacons which includes a counter with initial value <b>n/2</b>.</td></tr><tr><td>(4)</td><td>All nodes that received the broadcasts decrease the value and forward it.</td></tr><tr><td>(5)</td><td>All nodes that received the broadcasts with value 0 are candidates for circular forwarding.</td></tr><tr><td>(6)</td><td>On having data to be sent, the source node selects one of the paths randomly to forward the data to the base station.</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div> Circular forwarding against traffic outlining attacks.</div>

Security and Communication Networks

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Algorithm 3: Protecting Location Privacy in IoT Wireless Sensor Networks through Addresses Anonymity 