Null data frame: A double-edged sword in IEEE 802.11 WLANs

IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 897-910

  Gu, Wenjun ^a   Yang, Zhimin ^a   Xuan, Dong ^a   Jia, Weijia ^b   Que, Can ^b  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Security; Wireless local area network

Indexed keywords

802.11 WLANS; BROADER IMPACTS; CONTROL PURPOSE; DATA FRAMES; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACKS; FRAME FORMAT; IEEE 802.11S; POWER MANAGEMENTS; SALIENT FEATURES; SECURITY; SECURITY VULNERABILITIES;

COMPUTER CRIME; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MACHINE DESIGN; SECURITY OF DATA; STANDARDS;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 77953120156     PISSN: 10459219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2009.96     Document Type: Article

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