Fig 1.
Network model.
Table 1.
Notations used and their descriptions.
Fig 2.
Edge server registration phase.
Fig 3.
SN/IoT or user registration phase.
Fig 4.
Mutual authentication phase.
Table 2.
Comparative Analysis (Security Functionalities).
Fig 5.
Number of Cryptographic Operations in the Proposed Protocol.
Fig 6.
Storage Cost of the Proposed Protocol.
Table 3.
Communication costs in bits.
Fig 7.
Communication costs.
Table 4.
Comparative Analysis (Performance Metrics).
Fig 8.
Comparative Analysis in terms of performance metrics.