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Wireless Network Security

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  • © 2007

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  • A timely volume thoroughly treating wireless security issues, including discussions of issues with all the layers from physical layer to application layer, that approaches the topic more broadly than other books currently on the market

Part of the book series: Signals and Communication Technology (SCT)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Security in General Wireless/Mobile Networks

  2. Security in Ad Hoc Network

  3. Security in Mobile Cellular Networks

  4. Security in Wireless LANs

  5. Security in Sensor Networks

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This timely volume, Wireless Network Security, provides broad coverage of wireless security issues including cryptographic coprocessors, encryption, authentication, key management, attacks and countermeasures, secure routing, secure medium access control, intrusion detection, epidemics, security performance analysis, security issues in applications, and much more. The contributions identify various vulnerabilities in the physical layer, MAC layer, IP layer, transport layer, and application layer, and focus on ways for strengthening security mechanisms and services throughout the layers.


The book includes 15 rigorously refereed chapters from prominent international researchers working in this subject area. The material serves as a useful reference for researchers, graduate students, and practitioners seeking solutions to wireless and mobile security related issues.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Computer Science, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

    Yang Xiao

  • Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada

    Xuemin Sherman Shen

  • Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson

    Ding-Zhu Du

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