Secure performance enhancing proxy: To ensure end-to-end security and enhance TCP performance over IPv6 wireless networks

Computer Networks

Volumn 50, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2225-2238

  Obanaik, Venkatesh ^a   Jacob, Lillykutty ^a   Ananda, A L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

End to end security; Hybrid wired wireless network; TCP performance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; INTERNET; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SECURITY OF DATA; SERVERS;

END-TO-END SECURITY; HYBRID WIRED-WIRELESS NETWORK; SECURITY MECHANISMS; TCP PERFORMANCE;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33745713182     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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