Design and implementation of MobiSEC: A complete security architecture for wireless mesh networks

Computer Networks

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2192-2207

  Martignon, Fabio ^a   Paris, Stefano ^b   Capone, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Authentication; Experimental testbed; Security; Wireless mesh networks

Indexed keywords

ACCESS NETWORK; CENTRAL SERVERS; DATA CONFIDENTIALITY; EFFECTIVE SOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL TESTBED; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; IEEE802.11I; KEY DISTRIBUTION SCHEMES; KEY FEATURE; LARGE-SCALE NETWORK; MESH NETWORK; MESH ROUTERS; NETWORK ACCESS; NETWORK NODE; NETWORK SIMULATORS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PROPOSED ARCHITECTURES; SEAMLESS MOBILITY; SECURITY; SECURITY ARCHITECTURE; WIRELESS BACKBONE; WIRELESS CLIENT; WIRELESS MESH NETWORKING; WIRELESS NETWORKING; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

AUTHENTICATION; MESH GENERATION; NETWORK PERFORMANCE; NETWORK SECURITY; STANDARDS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TEST FACILITIES; TESTBEDS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS (WMN); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

PUBLIC KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 67549118440     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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