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Security and Cooperation in Wireless Networks

Security and Cooperation in Wireless Networks

Security and Cooperation in Wireless Networks

Thwarting Malicious and Selfish Behavior in the Age of Ubiquitous Computing
Levente Buttyán, Technical University of Budapest
Jean-Pierre Hubaux, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
November 2007
Hardback
9780521873710
$90.99
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    The current rate of deployment of wireless networks - whether cellular, LAN, Bluetooth, or sensor - is remarkable. Wireless systems are vulnerable to many kinds of attack, and the security features of fixed-line systems are not always applicable in the wireless arena. With ever-increasing amounts of data being carried on wireless networks, security has become a major concern and an area of great commercial importance. This book presents the key features of wireless networks and discusses various techniques for ensuring secure communication. In particular, techniques for dealing with hacking and other forms of attack will be dealt with, as will cooperation in multi-hop and ad hoc networks. It is suitable for senior undergraduates and graduate students of electrical engineering and computer science. Given the breadth of coverage, it will also appeal to researchers and practitioners in the wireless industry.

    • Covers techniques for protecting against hacking, and for cooperation in multi-hop and ad hoc networks
    • Covers the fundamental issues encompassing the full breadth of security in wireless networks
    • The tutorial nature of the book makes it more user-friendly

    Reviews & endorsements

    "The authors offer both theoretical analysis and real-world examples...homework problems are provided at the end of each chapter, making the work suitable for classroom adoption."
    F.A. Cassara, Choice

    "Security and Cooperation in Wireless Networks achieves its goal of explaining how to prevent malicious and selfish behavior. It is a well written book that can serve as an inspiration for future research. Therefore, we can wholeheartedly recommend this book most of all for postgraduate students and lecturers, but also for researchers working in the field of wireless security.
    IEEE Communications Magazine, March 2009

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    Product details

    November 2007
    Hardback
    9780521873710
    496 pages
    254 × 179 × 28 mm
    1.136kg
    140 b/w illus. 80 exercises
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Part I. Introduction:
    • 1. The security of existing wireless networks
    • 2. Upcoming wireless networks and new challenges
    • 3. Trust assumptions and adversary models
    • Part II. Thwarting Malicious Behavior:
    • 4. Naming and addressing
    • 5. Establishment of security associations
    • 6. Securing neighbor discovery
    • 7. Secure routing in multi-hop wireless networks
    • 8. Privacy protection
    • Part III. Thwarting Selfish Behavior:
    • 9. Selfish behavior at the MAC layer of CSMA/CA
    • 10. Selfishness in packet forwarding
    • 11. Wireless operators in a shared spectrum
    • 12. Secure protocols for behavior enforcement
    • Appendices: A. Introduction to cryptographic algorithms and protocols
    • B. A tutorial on game theory for wireless networks
    • Bibliography
    • Index.
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      Authors
    • Levente Buttyán , Technical University of Budapest

      Levente Buttyán is an Associate Professor at the Department of Telecommunications, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), Hungary.

    • Jean-Pierre Hubaux , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

      Jean-Pierre Hubaux is a Professor at the School of Computer and Communication Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.