A survey on wireless sensor network security

International Journal of Communication Networks and Information Security

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 59-82

  Sen, Jaydip ^a  

^a TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES   (India)

Author keywords

Denial of service attacks; Intrusion detection; Node replication attack; Secure routing protocols; Sybil attacks; Traffic analysis attack; Trust management; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 78549239709     PISSN: 20760930     EISSN: 2073607X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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