802.11 Wireless Networks Security and Analysis /

• Main Authors: Holt, Alan. (Author), Huang, Chi-Yu. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Computer Communications and Networks,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer Communication Networks.; Computer Science.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

Wireless communication has the advantage of mobility and obviates the need for cabling, but is inherently less secure and is subject to the heavy regulation of the radio frequency spectrum. Nevertheless, the allocation of unlicensed parts of the spectrum has facilitated the growth in wireless local...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Radio Frequencies
• Medium Access Control
• Physical Layer
• Cryptography
• Wireless Security
• Configuring Wireless Networks
• Robust Security Network
• MAC Layer Performance Analysis
• Link Rate Adaptation
• Build a Xen Server
• Initial Configuration of Access-point Controllers.