Information Assurance

15.5. Framework for Wireless Network Survivability and Security

In light of the limitations indicated by the current literature, we have developed a framework for the comprehensive treatment of the problems of IA in hybrid wireless access networks. To facilitate the work, a hybrid wireless access network survivability/security framework [5] is developed similar to the approaches of Zolfaghari and Kaudel [33] for wired backbone networks. The wireless access network is viewed as having radio, sensor, access, and intelligent layers, as shown in Figure 15.1, with survivability/security strategies possible at each layer as detailed in Shin et al. [26], Krishnamurthy et al. [5], and Tipper et al. [4]. The components and functions supported at each ...