Attacks and countermeasures on 802.16: Analysis and assessment

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 487-514

  Kolias, Constantinos ^a   Kambourakis, Georgios ^a   Gritzalis, Stefanos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

802.16; Attacks; Security; Simulation; Survey; WiMAX

Indexed keywords

802.16; ATTACKS; BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; IEEE 802.16; SECURITY; SIMULATION;

SURVEYS;

WIMAX;

EID: 84873738656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/SURV.2012.021312.00138     Document Type: Article

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