The digital marauder's map: A WiFi forensic positioning tool

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 377-389

  Fu, Xinwen ^a   Zhang, Nan ^b   Pingley, Aniket ^b   Yu, Wei ^c   Wang, Jie ^a   Zhao, Wei ^d  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^b George Washington University   (United States)

^c TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

abuse and crime involving computers; mobile communication systems; Wireless communication

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; DIGITAL DEVICES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RADIO BROADCASTING; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ABUSE AND CRIME INVOLVING COMPUTERS; HIGH GAIN ANTENNAS; LOCALIZATION ACCURACY; POSITIONING TOOLS; SURVEILLANCE TOOLS; WIFI-ENABLED MOBILE DEVICES; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; WIRELESS EQUIPMENTS;

DIGITAL FORENSICS;

EID: 84862951596     PISSN: 15361233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2011.70     Document Type: Article

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