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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">journal-of-discrete-mathematical-sciences-and-cryptography</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Journal of Discrete Mathematical Sciences and Cryptography</journal-title>
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      <issn publication-format="electronic">2169-0065</issn>
      <issn publication-format="print">0972-0529</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Taru Publications</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47974/JDMSC-2744</article-id>
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        <article-title>Lightweight elliptic curve cryptography for SDN-managed secure communication in 6G wireless sensor networks</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Saini</surname>
            <given-names>Ashok Kumar</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Computer Science &amp; Engineering, Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur, Rajasthan, 303007, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Wadhwa</surname>
            <given-names>Manoj</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Computer Science &amp; Engineering, University Institute of Engineering, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, 140413, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Rawal</surname>
            <given-names>Richa</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Information Technology, Swami Keshvanand Institute of Technology, Management &amp; Gramothan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, 302017, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Jain</surname>
            <given-names>Sanat</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Computer Science &amp; Engineering, School of Computing Science &amp; Engineering, VIT Bhopal University, Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, 466114, India</aff>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Batra</surname>
            <given-names>Reenu</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering &amp; Technology, K. R. Mangalam University, Gurugram, Haryana, 122103, India</aff>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name>
            <surname>Vats</surname>
            <given-names>Prashant</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur, Rajasthan, 303007, India</aff>
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      </contrib-group>
      <volume>29</volume>
      <issue>8</issue>
      <fpage>3167</fpage>
      <lpage>3176</lpage>
      <pub-date date-type="pub">
        <day>14</day>
        <month>08</month>
        <year>2026</year>
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        <p>Sixth-generation (6G) wireless communication is anticipated to support massive sensor connectivity, real-time intelligence, and ultra-reliable services, thereby intensifying security requirements in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Conventional cryptographic solutions often impose excessive computational and energy overhead on sensor nodes, limiting their applicability in 6G environments. In this work, a lightweight security framework based on Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) is presented for Software-Defined Networking (SDN)–controlled 6G Wireless Sensor Networks. The proposed framework exploits discrete elliptic curve structures over finite fields to provide secure key establishment and data confidentiality with minimal resource consumption. SDN is employed to decouple control and data planes, enabling centralized policy enforcement, adaptive key distribution, and programmable security management.</p>
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        <kwd>6G wireless sensor networks</kwd>
        <kwd>Software-defined networking (SDN)</kwd>
        <kwd>Elliptic curve cryptography (ECC)</kwd>
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        <kwd>Secure communication</kwd>
        <kwd>Programmable data plane</kwd>
        <kwd>SDN-based firewall</kwd>
        <kwd>P4-enabled switches</kwd>
        <kwd>Key management</kwd>
        <kwd>Energy-efficient security</kwd>
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