Secure initialization of multiple constrained wireless devices for an unaided user

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 337-351

  Perković, Toni ^a   Čagalj, Mario ^a   Mastelić, Toni ^a   Saxena, Nitesh ^b   Begušić, Dinko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Message authentication protocol; out of band communication; usable security; wireless networks

Indexed keywords

AUXILIARY DEVICE; COMMUNICATION COST; DEPLOYMENT MECHANISMS; END USERS; EXECUTION TIME; FARADAY CAGE; MESSAGE AUTHENTICATION; MINIMAL ERRORS; MULTI-CHANNEL; OUT-OF-BAND; RADIO TRANSCEIVERS; USABILITY STUDIES; USABLE SECURITY; USER FRIENDLY; VISIBLE LIGHT; WIRELESS DEVICES; WIRELESS SENSOR;

AUTHENTICATION; AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT; COMMUNICATION; ERROR DETECTION; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; RADIO; SENSOR NODES; SENSORS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

NETWORK SECURITY;

EID: 84555178479     PISSN: 15361233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2011.35     Document Type: Article

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