Rank-Based Report Filtering Scheme (RRFS) for Verifying Phoney Reports in Wireless Sensor Networks

Table 2

Terms, abbreviations, and symbols.

Terminology	Description
RRFS	Rank-based Report Filtering Scheme
	Guest key
CH	Cluster head
	Selfish key
CS	Cluster Score
ECDH	Elliptical curve Diffie-Hellmen
ECDLP	Elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem
	Private key
	Public key
	Score
ECC	Elliptical Curve Cryptography
DN	Downstream node
UN	Upstream node
MAC	Message Authentication Code
IR	Intracluster Report
ICR	Intercluster Report
RI	Reliability Index
ECH	En-routing cluster head
	Honesty
	Kindness
	Strength
PR	Private Report
ECM	En-routing cluster member
CM	Cluster member
DHE	Diffie-Hellmen
	Timestamp
	Threshold energy
	Event area
	Total number of nodes
	Number of nodes in cluster
	Number of compromised nodes in a cluster
	Number of compromised nodes in forwarding area
	Number of CHs in forwarding area
	Number of compromised CHs in forwarding area
	Total number of nodes in “”
	Number of CHs in “”
	Number of compromised nodes in “”
	Number of compromised CHs in “”