Energy-efficient mechanisms in security of the internet of things: A survey

This paper is a survey on energy-efficient mechanisms used in IoT security services. By studying the techniques that allow developing energy-efficient security solutions, it goes further than the previous surveys which focus more on the energy-efficient solutions themselves. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first work that tackles IoT security from this perspective. Not only security issues are addressed in this survey, but the energy impact of the solutions are also discussed. Energy consumption related to security services is first introduced. A taxonomy is then proposed for energy-efficient mechanisms in IoT security. The main factors affecting the application of an energy-saving technique for security solutions are finally analyzed.