Securing Wireless Mesh Networks
Abstract
Now found in domestic, commercial, industrial, military, and healthcare applications, wireless networks are becoming ubiquitous. Wireless mesh networks (WMNs) combine the robustness and performance of conventional infrastructure networks with the large service area and self-organizing and self-healing properties of mobile ad hoc networks. In this article, the authors consider the problem of ensuring security in WMNs, introduce the IEEE 802.11s draft standard, and discuss the open security threats faced at the network and data-link layers.
Journal Title
IEEE Internet Computing
Volume
12
Issue
4
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Subject
Distributed computing and systems software
Other information and computing sciences not elsewhere classified
Communications engineering
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