Dynamic malware attack in energy-constrained mobile wireless networks

2010 Information Theory and Applications Workshop, ITA 2010 - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 408-418

  Khouzani, M H R ^a   Sarkar, Saswati ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTACK STRATEGIES; CONSTRAINED RESOURCES; ENERGY-CONSTRAINED; MALWARE ATTACKS; MALWARES; MOBILE WIRELESS NETWORK; OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEM; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OPTIMUM SOLUTION; PONTRYAGIN'S MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; SCANNING RATE; SECURITY MEASURE; TRANSMISSION RANGES; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

COMPUTER CRIME; INFORMATION THEORY; OPTIMIZATION;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 77952698946     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITA.2010.5454093     Document Type: Conference Paper

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