Security in mobile wireless sensor networks - A survey

Journal of Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 128-142

  Ren, Yi ^a   Oleshchuk, Vladimir ^a   Li, Frank Y ^a   Ge, Xiaohu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Mobile Wireless Sensor Network; Security; Wireless Sensor Network

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD SECRECY; BATTLEFIELD SURVEILLANCE; FORWARD SECRECY; MOBILE NETWORKS; MOBILE WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK; RESEARCH AREAS; RESEARCH TOPICS; SECURITY; SECURITY CHALLENGES; STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; NETWORK SECURITY; SENSORS; SURVEYS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 79955497218     PISSN: 17962021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4304/jcm.6.2.128-142     Document Type: Review

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