(Un)suitability of anonymous communication systems to WSN

IEEE Systems Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 298-310

  Rios, Ruben ^a   Lopez, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anonymous communication; location privacy; wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATION; ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; LOCATION PRIVACY; PRIVACY PRESERVATION; REAL-WORLD SCENARIO; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; SENSITIVE INFORMATIONS; TRAFFIC PATTERN;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; CONSUMER PROTECTION; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

SENSOR NODES;

EID: 84876786771     PISSN: 19328184     EISSN: 19379234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSYST.2012.2221956     Document Type: Article

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