Security in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks

Contents

About the Authors

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Acronyms

Part One Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networking

1 Introduction

1.1 Information Security

1.1.1 Computer Security

1.1.2 Communications Security

1.2 Scope of the Book

1.3 Structure of the Book

1.4 Electronic Resources for the Book

1.5 Review Questions

2 Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networks

2.1 Ad Hoc Networks and Applications

2.1.1 Application Examples

2.1.2 Challenges

2.2 Sensor and Actuator Networks

2.2.1 Application Examples

2.2.2 Challenges

2.3 Mesh Networks

2.3.1 Application Examples

2.3.2 Challenges

2.4 Tactical Communications and Networks

2.4.1 Blue Force Tracking System

2.5 Factors Influencing the Design of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networks

2.5.1 Wireless Medium

2.5.2 Networking Regime

2.5.3 Nature of Traffic

2.5.4 Quality of Service Requirements

2.5.5 Mobility

2.5.6 Fault Tolerance

2.5.7 Operating Environment

2.5.8 Power Efficiency Requirements

2.5.9 Scalability

2.5.10 Hardware Requirements and Production Cost

2.6 Review Questions

3 The Wireless Medium

3.1 Wireless Channel Fundamentals and Security

3.1.1 Capacity

3.1.2 Electromagnetic Spectrum

3.1.3 Path Loss and Attenuation

3.1.4 Other Transmission Impairments and Jamming

3.1.5 Modulation and Demodulation

3.1.6 Manchester Encoding

3.1.7 Multiplexing and Duplexing

3.2 Advanced Radio Technologies

3.2.1 Directional and Smart Antennas

3.2.2 Software Radios

3.2.3 Cognitive Radios

3.2.4 Multiradio/Multichannel Systems

3.2.5 MIMO Systems

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