TY  - EJOU
AU  - Hkiri, Amal 
AU  - Karmani, Mouna 
AU  - Bahri, Omar Ben 
AU  - Murayr, Ahmed Mohammed 
AU  - Alasmari, Fawaz Hassan 
AU  - Machhout, Mohsen 

TI  - RPL-Based IoT Networks under Decreased Rank Attack: Performance Analysis in Static and Mobile Environments
T2  - Computers, Materials \& Continua

PY  - 2024
VL  - 78
IS  - 1
SN  - 1546-2226

AB  - The RPL (IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks) protocol is essential for efficient communication within the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem. Despite its significance, RPL’s susceptibility to attacks remains a concern. This paper presents a comprehensive simulation-based analysis of the RPL protocol’s vulnerability to the decreased rank attack in both static and mobile network environments. We employ the Random Direction Mobility Model (RDM) for mobile scenarios within the Cooja simulator. Our systematic evaluation focuses on critical performance metrics, including Packet Delivery Ratio (PDR), Average End to End Delay (AE2ED), throughput, Expected Transmission Count (ETX), and Average Power Consumption (APC). Our findings illuminate the disruptive impact of this attack on the routing hierarchy, resulting in decreased PDR and throughput, increased AE2ED, ETX, and APC. These results underscore the urgent need for robust security measures to protect RPL-based IoT networks. Furthermore, our study emphasizes the exacerbated impact of the attack in mobile scenarios, highlighting the evolving security requirements of IoT networks.
KW  - RPL; decreased rank attacks; mobility; random direction model

DO  - 10.32604/cmc.2023.047087