Greedy Behavior In Wireless Network Hotspots: Enhancing Mac Layer Misbehavior Detection System In Wi-Fi Networks

Alsahag Alkazmi, Ali; Othman, Mohamed; Alsahag Alkazmi, Ali; Othman, Mohamed

ISBN 10: 3846534773 / ISBN 13: 9783846534779

Published by Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011

128 pages. 8.66x5.91x0.29 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # 3846534773

Synopsis:

Wireless LANs were originally meant to be deployed in protected locations such as corporate offices; But, over the last few years, IEEE 802.11 has also become the dominating solution for hotspots, which provide public wireless access to the Internet. Furthermore, the increased level of sophistication in the design of protocol components, together with the requirement for flexible and readily reconfigurable protocols has led to the extreme where wireless network adapters and devices have become easily programmable. As a result, it is feasible for a network peer to tamper with software and firmware, modify its wireless interface and network parameters and ultimately abuse the protocol, Wireless Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols such as IEEE 802.11 use distributed contention resolution mechanisms for sharing the wireless channel where a greedy user can substantially increase his share of bandwidth, at the expense of the other users by slightly modifying the driver of his network adapter. We explain how easily this can be performed,in particular with the new generation of adapters. We then present a new enhanced system to detection greedy behavior in the MAC layer IEEE 802.11.

About the Author: Ali M. Alshahg Alkazmi is a lecturer at the engineering faculty of Aden University,has obtained his Master degree in computer networks from University Putra Malaysia in 2008,Since then he pursuing his Ph.D. on the resource allocation for Mobile WiMAX.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Greedy Behavior In Wireless Network Hotspots...
Publisher: Lap Lambert Academic Publishing
Publication Date: 2011
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Brand New