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It is not feasible to discuss security in wireless networks without a thorough understanding of the working of wireless networks. In fact, as we first set out to teach the computer network infrastructure in Chap. 1 in order to teach network security, we are going, in the first parts of this chapter, to discuss the wireless network infrastructure. As was the case in Chap. 1, it is not easy to discuss a network infrastructure in a few paragraphs and expect a reader to feel comfortable enough to deal with the security issues based on the infrastructure. So, although we are promising the reader to be brief, our discussion of the wireless infrastructure may seem long to some readers and sometimes confusing to others. Bear with us as we dispose of the necessary theory for a good understanding of wireless security. A reader with a firm understanding of wireless infrastructure can skip Sects. 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, and 18.4.
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Kizza, J.M. (2013). Security in Wireless Networks. In: Guide to Computer Network Security. Computer Communications and Networks. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4543-1_18
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