Lightweight Cryptographic Protocols for Wearable Health Devices

Authors

  • Dr Shantanu Bindewari IILM University Greater Noida, UP, India Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63345/v1.i3.67

Keywords:

Lightweight cryptography, wearable health devices, PRESENT, SPECK, ECC-160, energy efficiency, security trade-offs

Abstract

Wearable health devices have revolutionized personal healthcare by enabling continuous monitoring of physiological parameters with minimal user intervention. However, their constrained computational resources and limited energy budgets pose significant challenges for implementing robust security measures. This manuscript investigates the performance and security trade-offs of three representative lightweight cryptographic protocols—PRESENT (a lightweight block cipher), SPECK (a lightweight cipher optimized for software), and a 160-bit curve Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC-160) scheme—within the context of wearable health devices. We develop a simulation framework to evaluate key metrics such as execution time, memory footprint, and energy consumption under realistic workload scenarios.

A statistical analysis table summarizes the comparative performance of these protocols. Through detailed simulation research, we demonstrate that while ECC-160 offers the highest security margin, SPECK and PRESENT deliver substantially lower energy usage and faster execution, making them more suitable for continuous, low-power health monitoring. Our results guide the selection of an appropriate cryptographic primitive based on application-specific requirements in wearable health systems, offering actionable recommendations for device manufacturers, firmware developers, and healthcare providers.

By providing granular insights into how each protocol behaves under varying data transmission patterns, encryption frequencies, and environmental conditions, this work fills a critical knowledge gap and lays the groundwork for more secure and energy-efficient wearable health ecosystems.

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Published

2025-08-03

How to Cite

Bindewari, Dr Shantanu. “Lightweight Cryptographic Protocols for Wearable Health Devices”. International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science and Engineering (IJARCSE) 1, no. 3 (August 3, 2025): Aug (1–7). Accessed October 19, 2025. https://ijarcse.org/index.php/ijarcse/article/view/67.