A taxonomy of network challenges

2013 9th International Conference on the Design of Reliable Communication Networks, DRCN 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 322-330

  Cetinkaya, Egemen K ^a   Sterbenz, James P G ^a,b  

^a University of Kansas   (United States)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attack; challenge; dependability; disaster; disruption tolerance; diversity; error; failure; fault; performability; redundancy; Resilience; security; survivability

Indexed keywords

ATTACK; CHALLENGE; DEPENDABILITY; DISRUPTION TOLERANCE; DIVERSITY; PERFORMABILITY; RESILIENCE; SECURITY; SURVIVABILITY;

COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; DESIGN; DISASTERS; ERRORS; FAULT TOLERANCE; FAULTING; INTERNET; REDUNDANCY;

TAXONOMIES;

EID: 84881084765     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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