Collaborative attacks in WiMAX networks

Security and Communication Networks

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 373-391

  Bhargava, Bharat ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Idika, Nwokedi ^a   Lilien, Leszek ^b   Azarmi, Mehdi ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative attacks; Computer networks; Security; WiMAX

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL ESTIMATION; COMPUTER CRIME; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DECISION MAKING; MOBILE SECURITY; WIMAX;

ATTACK SCENARIOS; COLLABORATIVE ATTACKS; COMPUTATION POWER; DEPLOYMENT SCENARIOS; PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS; SECURITY; SECURITY PROBLEMS; VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS;

INTEROPERABILITY;

EID: 70350227123     PISSN: 19390114     EISSN: 19390122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sec.127     Document Type: Article

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