Wireless security through RF fingerprinting

Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-33

  Ureten, Oktay ^a   Serinken, Nur ^a  

^a Industry Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

RF fingerprinting; Transient classification; Transmitter identification; Wireless security

Indexed keywords

FINGERPRINT EXTRACTION; FINGERPRINTING; TRANSIENT CLASSIFICATION; TRANSMITTER IDENTIFICATION; WIRELESS SECURITY;

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; DATA ACQUISITION; MOBILE COMPUTING; PATTERN MATCHING; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 34249822230     PISSN: 08408688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/CJECE.2007.364330     Document Type: Conference Paper

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