Securearray: Improving WiFi security with fine-grained physical-layer information

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, MOBICOM

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 441-452

  Xiong, Jie ^a   Jamieson, Kyle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

802.11; Antenna array system; Aoa signature; Secureangle; Securearray; Security; Wireless

Indexed keywords

802.11; ANTENNA ARRAY SYSTEM; AOA SIGNATURE; SECUREANGLE; SECUREARRAY; SECURITY;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; INDUSTRY; MOBILE ANTENNAS; MOBILE COMPUTING; NETWORK SECURITY; RADIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

WI-FI;

EID: 84887106886     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2500423.2500444     Document Type: Conference Paper

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