Defensive rekeying strategies for physical-layer-monitored low-rate wireless personal area networks

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 417, Issue , 2013, Pages 63-79

  Ramsey, Benjamin ^a   Mullins, Barry ^a  

^a AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyber physical systems; RF fingerprinting; Security; ZigBee networks

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES; CYBER PHYSICAL SYSTEM; DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; NETWORK LAYERS; NETWORK SECURITY; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PUBLIC WORKS; RADIO TRANSCEIVERS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

BACKWARD COMPATIBLE; EQUIPMENT MONITORING; LOW RATE WIRELESS PERSONAL AREA NETWORKS; RADIO FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTICS; RF FINGERPRINTING; SECURITY; SENSITIVE INFORMATIONS; ZIGBEE NETWORKS;

ZIGBEE;

EID: 84993936186     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-45330-4_5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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