• It defines a novel, trust-aware leader election metric that makes the leader election process of clustering immune to ranging attacks.
• It introduces a monitoring mechanism for both the cluster members and the cluster heads.
• It specifies a rule-based detection engine that accurately analyzes data packets to detect signs of sensor network anomalies.
• It encapsulates a UWB time-of-arrival triangulation of ranges technique that adds location-attribution capabilities to the algorithm.