Impacts and solutions of control packets vulnerabilities with IEEE 802.11 MAC

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 469-488

  Rachedi, Abderrezak ^a   Benslimane, Abderrahim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

Author keywords

Cryptography; IEEE802.11; MANET; RTS CTS mechanism; Security; Vulnerabilities

Indexed keywords

IEEE802.11; MANET; RTS/CTS MECHANISM; SECURITY; VULNERABILITIES;

CRYPTOGRAPHY; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; ROUTING PROTOCOLS; STANDARDS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL;

EID: 65249160136     PISSN: 15308669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcm.690     Document Type: Article

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