AdRS-MPIQ: Secure routing and trust management in wireless sensor networks

Secure data sharing and trust management remain a significant challenge in the wireless sensor network because the heterogeneous nature of these networks creates challenges associated with network lifetime, energy efficiency, and security. However, while the incorporation of blockchain technology for enabling secure data sharing offers robust performance, it is still prone to certain limitations, such as performance degradation, limited scalability, and key size dependencies. Thus, to address these challenges, this research proposed an Adaptive Rivest Shamir Advanced Encryption Standard-based multi-parameter Ideal queuing algorithm (AdRS-MPIQ) for secure routing in WSNs. The Multi-parameter Ideative Queuing algorithm effectively selects cluster heads and optimizes energy-efficient paths. By doing so, it enhances network security and extends its lifetime by avoiding local optima and increasing convergence speed. Additionally, the adaptive nature of the AdRS-MPIQ algorithm dynamically chooses the key size according to the size of the data, thus ensuring that the encryption remains secure over time. The comparative evaluation demonstrates the efficiency of the AdRS-MPIQ algorithm, achieving a minimal decryption time of 2.018 seconds(s) and a reduced gas consumption of 344.87 KB when tested with 150 nodes.