Futuristic construction communication infrastructures: Secure and safe with no wires

Electronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction

Volumn 14, Issue , 2009, Pages 526-539

  Strachan, Rebecca ^a   Stephenson, Paul ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; IT Security; Wireless networks

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE WORKING; CONSTRUCTION COMMUNICATION; CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; DATA AND INFORMATION; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; INFORMATION SHARING; INTEGRAL PART; IT INFRASTRUCTURES; IT SECURITY; NETWORKED ENVIRONMENTS; OPERATIONAL STAGES; PRACTICAL PROBLEMS; SECURITY TECHNOLOGY; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER CRIME; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MOBILE COMPUTING; NETWORK SECURITY; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SUPPLY CHAINS; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 74349091937     PISSN: 14036835     EISSN: 14006529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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