A Broadcast-Based Key Agreement Scheme Using Set Reconciliation for Wireless Body Area Networks

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Ali, Aftab ^a,b   Khan, Farrukh Aslam ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF COMPUTER AND EMERGING SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Healthcare; Key management; Set reconciliation; Wireless body area networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901579880     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-014-0033-1     Document Type: Article

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