WLAN-Specific Security Considerations

Compared to wire-based LANs, WLANs introduce into the design and deployment of data networks additional and unique security considerations, which are used as communication platforms for passing sensitive business information. Generally, any effective communication process represents an interaction and a relationship among five elements:

  • A transmitter

  • A receiver

  • A message

  • A transmission medium

  • Rules or protocols that govern the message transmission between the transmitter and the receiver

Transmitters and receivers exchange messages using a transmission medium and are subject to the rules or protocols that govern the timing, the structure, and the representation of the messages, thus making the communication process ...

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