Protected control packets to prevent denial of services attacks in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks

Denial-of-service (DoS) attack exploits inherent limitation of resources in wireless networks in attempt to overwhelm and exhaust their finite capacity. In wireless networks, clear-text form of control packets (CP) exhibits a security flaw that can be exploited by attackers to render the networks in...

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Main Authors: Malekzadeh, Mina, Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azim, K. Subramaniam, Shamala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer International Publishing AG 2011
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22506/1/Protected%20control%20packets%20to%20prevent%20denial%20of%20services%20attacks%20in%20IEEE%20802.11%20wireless%20networks.pdf