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ArticleScientific reports2026

FC-FTCP: a lightweight fault-tolerant clustering protocol for secure IoT data transmission.

M Jalasri, Mageshkumar Nagappan, Mamoon Rashid, Sultan S Alshamrani, Kaled M Alshmrany, Neha Singh

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M JalasriDepartment of Engineering, University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Ibri, Oman.
Mageshkumar NagappanDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Ramapuram, Chennai, India.
Mamoon RashidSchool of Information Communication and Technology, Bahrain Polytechnic, PO Box 33349, Isa Town, Kingdom of Bahrain.
Sultan S AlshamraniDepartment of Information Technology, College of Computers and Information Technology, Taif University, PO Box 11099, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia.
Kaled M AlshmranyInstitute of Public Administration, P.O. Box 5014, Jeddah, 21944, Saudi Arabia.
Neha SinghDepartment of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur, 303007, Rajasthan, India. neha.singh@jaipur.manipal.edu.

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Abstract

Internet of Things (IoT) plays a vital role in various applications, enabling device-level communication. However, challenges such as unauthorized access, latency, and data breaches require efficient and secure solutions. This paper proposes a Fog Computing-based Fault - Tolerance Clustering Protocol (FC-FTCP) integrated with lightweight cryptography and Off-the-Record (OTR) authentication to enhance data security and transmission reliability in IoT environments. The FC-FTCP protocol supports decentralized data processing and fault-tolerant routing to reduce delays and improve energy efficiency. Simulation results demonstrate that FC-FTCP achieves an efficiency ratio of 98.45%, accurate data authentication at 95.12%, reduced network overhead (21.19%), lower latency (15.13%), computational overhead of 9.5 ms, and reduced computational cost (23.12%). Compared with existing protocols such as FEA-SDTS, HLSF, DIoTA, and CMANET-IoTIF, FC-FTCP shows consistent improvements in secure data handling and resource optimization, making it suitable for low-power IoT deployments.

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Clustering protocolFault toleranceFog computingInternet of thingsLightweight cryptographyOff-the-record-message

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