Data-Over-Chaos Sensor Web with Advanced Trust System

To address the Air Force need for improved security and enhanced trust to end-nodes of smart web networks, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop the new intrinsically intelligent Data-Over-Chaos Sensor Web with Advanced Trust (DOCSWAT) system, based on the novel Data-Over-Chaos (DOC) method of data hiding and transportation, upgraded 6LoWPAN standard, and antitamper technologies. This DOC encryption method, along with a novel device authentication algorithm, eliminates all additional data encrypting methodologies, and provides extra data security and high level of trust to the end-nodes in case of electronic attacks. The upgraded 6LoWPAN standard helps eliminate standard weaknesses and gaps in data security, provides self-protection, reliability, and advanced trust to the network nodes. DOCSWAT defines itself if any attempts of unauthorized access is occurred or if some trusted neighboring sensors are not able to communicate. The system then reconfigures/self-heals itself to continue secure communication. Antitamper technologies protect the sensor web from exploration, intrusions, attacks, and reverse engineering. The Phase I system prototype will demonstrate secure communication using the DOC algorithm for data hiding. The Phase II DOCSWAT prototype will be optimized to demonstrate real-time highly reliable and intrusion/attack/tamper-protected web sensors with enhanced trust to end-nodes.