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Wireless Network Security

  • 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. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Security in General Wireless/Mobile Networks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. High Performance Elliptic Curve Cryptographic Co-processor

      • Jonathan Lutz, M. Anwarul Hasan
      Pages 3-42
    3. An Adaptive Encryption Protocol in Mobile Computing

      • Hanping Lufei, Weisong Shi
      Pages 43-62
  3. Security in Ad Hoc Network

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
    2. Promoting Identity-Based Key Management in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

      • Jianping Pan, Lin Cai, Xuemin Sherman Shen
      Pages 83-102
    3. A Survey of Attacks and Countermeasures in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

      • Bing Wu, Jianmin Chen, Jie Wu, Mihaela Cardei
      Pages 103-135
    4. Secure Routing in Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks

      • Venkata C. Giruka, Mukesh Singhal
      Pages 137-158
    5. A Survey on Intrusion Detection in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

      • Tiranuch Anantvalee, Jie Wu
      Pages 159-180
  4. Security in Mobile Cellular Networks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181
    2. Intrusion Detection in Cellular Mobile Networks

      • Bo Sun, Yang Xiao, Kui Wu
      Pages 183-210
    3. The Spread of Epidemics on Smartphones

      • Bo Zheng, Yongqiang Xiong, Qian Zhang, Chuang Lin
      Pages 211-241
  5. Security in Wireless LANs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-243
    2. Cross-Domain Mobility-Adaptive Authentication

      • Hahnsang Kim, Kang G. Shin
      Pages 245-271
    3. AAA Architecture and Authentication for Wireless Lan roaming

      • Minghui Shi, Humphrey Rutagemwa, Xuemin Sherman Shen, Jon W. Mark, Yixin Jiang, Chuang Lin
      Pages 273-294
    4. An Experimental Study on Security Protocols in Wlans

      • Avesh Kumar Agarwal, Wenye Wang
      Pages 295-322
  6. Security in Sensor Networks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 323-323
    2. Security Issues in Wireless Sensor Networks Used in Clinical Information Systems

      • Jelena MiÅ¡ić, Vojislav B. MiÅ¡ić
      Pages 325-340
    3. Key Management Schemes in Sensor Networks

      • Venkata Krishna Rayi, Yang Xiao, Bo Sun, Xiaojiang James Du, Fei Hu
      Pages 341-380

About this book

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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eBook USD 129.00
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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