Traffic analysis-based unlinkability measure for IEEE 802.11b-based communication systems

WiSE 2006 - Proceedings of the 5th ACM Workshop on Wireless Security

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 65-74

  Dijiang, Huang ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence theory; Traffic analysis; Unlinkability

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

EVIDENCE THEORY; TRAFFIC ANALYSIS; UNLINKABILITY; WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORKS;

AD HOC NETWORKS;

EID: 34247344534     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1161289.1161303     Document Type: Conference Paper

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