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Security and Quality of Service in Wireless Networks

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The way towards ubiquitous networking and the provision of high-quality wireless services depends a lot on the security levels the modern wireless networks offer. Heterogeneous coverage is going to be as successful and reliable as the extent to which different networks can achieve intradomain and interdomain security.

In this chapter, the security of wireless networks is addressed. First, general security aspects and requirements are presented. Then, the main security characteristics of different wireless networks are examined. GSM, UMTS, wireless local area network (WLAN), and WiMAX are the major types of networks presented in terms of integrated security features and countermeasures against selfish/malicious behavior and identified vulnerabilities. The security of ad hoc networks is also addressed. The biggest advantage of these networks, flexibility, is at the same time the reason for many open security-related issues addressed in this work. Many technical details, practices, and strategies of all the networks mentioned previously are discussed.

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  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Wireless Telecommunication Laboratory, University of Patras, 265 04, Rio Patras, Greece

    Konstantinos Birkos, Theofilos Chrysikos & Stavros Kotsopoulos

  2. Department of Technology Education and Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, 80, Karaoli and Dimitriou Str., 18534, Piraeus, Greece

    Ioannis A. Maniatis

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Birkos, K., Chrysikos, T., Kotsopoulos, S., Maniatis, I. (2010). Security and Quality of Service in Wireless Networks. In: Stavroulakis, P., Stamp, M. (eds) Handbook of Information and Communication Security. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04117-4_29

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