The threat of malware in wireless sensor network has stimulated some activities to model and analyze the malware prevalence.To understand the dynamics of malware propagation in wireless sensor network,we propose a novel epidemic model named as e-SEIR(susceptible-exposed-infectious-recovered)model,which is a set of delayed differential equations,in this paper.The model has taken into account the following two factors:1 Multi-state antivirus measures;2 Temporary immune period.Then,the stability and Hopf bifurcation at the equilibria of linearized model are carefully analyzed by considering the distribution of eigenvalues of characteristic equations.Both mathematical analysis and numerical simulations show that the dynamical features of the proposed model rely on the basic reproduction number R0 and time delayτ.This novel model can help us to better understand and predict the propagation behaviors of malware in wireless sensor networks.
