| Security in Wireless AD Hoc and Sensor Networks Contributor(s): Cayirci, Erdal (Author), Rong, Chunming (Author) |
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ISBN: 0470027487 ISBN-13: 9780470027486 Publisher: Wiley OUR PRICE: $129.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2009 Annotation: This advanced book is a comprehensive guide to security issues in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. The book is organized into two main sections. The first, gives an introduction to the fundamentals and key issues related to wireless ad hoc networking, with an emphasis on security related issues. Part two offers an in depth discussion of security attacks and counter measures in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. Material includes a section on cryptographic primitives, and a chapter on electronic warfare. The authors also offer a clear exposition of various challenges and solutions including bootstrapping, key distribution and exchange, authentication issues, privacy, anonymity and tamper resilience. The book contains various features to enhance learning, including problems at the end of each chapter, and heavy illustration with figures, tables and case studies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Telecommunications - Computers | Security - General |
| Dewey: 005.8 |
| LCCN: 2008041824 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.7" W x 9.8" (1.36 lbs) 280 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book provides an in-depth guide to security in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks Security in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks introduces the reader to the fundamentals and key issues related to wireless ad hoc networking, with an emphasis on security. It discusses the security attacks and counter measures in wireless ad hoc, sensor and mesh networks, and briefly presents the standards on related topics. The authors offer a clear exposition of various challenges and solutions in this field including bootstrapping, key distribution and exchange, authentication issues, privacy, anonymity and tamper resilience. Key Features:
This book is well suited for graduate students in computer, electrical and communications engineering and computer science departments, researchers in academia and industry, as well as C4I engineers and officers in the military. Wireless network designers for internet service providers and mobile communications operators will also find this book very useful. |