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| Security of IEEE 802.16 in Mesh Mode | |||
| Fang,Yuguang | University of Florida | ||
| Zhou,Yun | University of Florida | ||
| IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX) has been seen as a promising technique for future mesh networks to provide broadband wireless access. Meanwhile, its security is becoming a critical issue with the proliferation of wireless threats in current IEEE 802.11 systems. Though incorporating some security methods in conventional one-hop networks, IEEE 802.16 is still vulnerable to malicious attacks in multihop environments such as mesh networks. In this paper, we analyze the security of IEEE 802.16 standard in its Mesh mode, point out some security holes, and propose some solutions to deal with attacks to IEEE 802.16 mesh networks. | |||
| Yun Zhou received a B.E. degree in electronic information engineering (2000) and an M.E. degree in communication and information system (2003) from the Department of Electronic Engineering and Information Science at the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA. His research interests are in the areas of security, cryptography, wireless communications and networking, signal processing, and operating system. He is a student member of the IEEE. | |||