Receive comprehensive instruction on the fundamentals of wireless security from three leading international voices in the field

Security in Wireless Communication Networks delivers a thorough grounding in wireless communication security. The distinguished authors pay particular attention to wireless specific issues, like authentication protocols for various wireless communication networks, encryption algorithms and integrity schemes on radio channels, lessons learned from designing secure wireless systems and standardization for security in wireless systems.

The book addresses how engineers, administrators, and others involved in the design and maintenance of wireless networks can achieve security while retaining the broadcast nature of the system, with all of its inherent harshness and interference. Readers will learn:

  • A comprehensive introduction to the background of wireless communication network security, including a broad overview of wireless communication networks, security services, the mathematics crucial to the subject, and cryptographic techniques
  • An exploration of wireless local area network security, including Bluetooth security, Wi-Fi security, and body area network security
  • An examination of wide area wireless network security, including treatments of 2G, 3G, and 4G
  • Discussions of future development in wireless security, including 5G, and vehicular ad-hoc network security

Perfect for undergraduate and graduate students in programs related to wireless communication, Security in Wireless Communication Networks will also earn a place in the libraries of professors, researchers, scientists, engineers, industry managers, consultants, and members of government security agencies who seek to improve their understanding of wireless security protocols and practices.


This book looks at the recent progress of research and development for 5G mobile wireless networks, covering related topics on fundamental 5G requirements and enabling technologies. According to 5G Public-Private Partnership (5GPPP), 5G systems need to be capable of providing 1000 times higher capacity and a 90% reduction in energy consumption compared to the systems today, in order to cope with the tremendous increase of mobile data traffic and to reduce the ever increasing carbon emission footprint of mobile communications. This book surveys 5G service architecture and summarizes the enabling technologies towards the true 5G systems, including highly dense small cell and heterogeneous networks, device-to-device communications underlaying cellular networks, millimeter wave communications, etc., and video applications with QoE aware spectrum efficiency and energy efficiency in 5G systems.

A comprehensive resource that covers all the key areas of smart grid communication infrastructures

Smart grid is a transformational upgrade to the traditional power grid that adds communication capabilities, intelligence and modern control. Smart Grid Communication Infrastructures is a comprehensive guide that addresses communication infrastructures, related applications and other issues related to the smart grid. The text shows how smart grid departs from the traditional power grid technology. Fundamentally, smart grid has advanced communication infrastructures to achieve two-way information exchange between service providers and customers.

Grid operations in smart grid have proven to be more efficient and more secure because of the communication infrastructures and modern control. Smart Grid Communication Infrastructures examines and summarizes the recent advances in smart grid communications, big data analytics and network security. The authors - noted experts in the field - review the technologies, applications and issues in smart grid communication infrastructure. This important resource:

  • Offers a comprehensive review of all areas of smart grid communication infrastructures
  • Includes an ICT framework for smart grid
  • Contains a review of self-sustaining wireless neighborhood that are network designed
  • Presents design and analysis of a wireless monitoring network for transmission lines in smart grid

Written for graduate students, professors, researchers, scientists, practitioners and engineers, Smart Grid Communication Infrastructures is the comprehensive resource that explores all aspects of the topic.


5G WIRELESS NETWORK

An expert presentation of 5G security, privacy, and network performance

In 5G Wireless Network Security and Privacy, a team of veteran engineers delivers a robust and accessible discussion of 5G security solutions, including physical layer security, authentication, and mobility management. In the book, the authors expertly cover the requirements of 5G wireless network security and privacy, with explorations of existing solutions and vulnerabilities from security architecture and mechanism perspectives.

Readers will learn how to enhance the security and network performance of 5G wireless networks in contexts like vehicle‐to‐vehicle and vehicle‐to‐infrastructure communications, industrial automation, health services, smart cities, and smart homes. They will develop a comprehensive understanding of 5G wireless network security as they move through the book’s 11 insightful chapters, developing in‐depth knowledge on the current state of 5G security and coming developments in the field. Readers will also find:

  • A thorough introduction to legacy cellular network security, including network performance development from 1G to 4G
  • In‐depth treatments of 5G network security, including the motivation and objectives of 5G wireless network security
  • Comprehensive explorations of wireless security solutions, including cryptographic approaches and physical layer security
  • Fulsome discussions of the security architecture of cellular networks, including 3G and 4G security

Perfect for researchers and professionals working in the field of cybersecurity and 5G wireless networks, 5G Wireless Network Security and Privacy will also earn a place in the libraries of engineers, computer scientists, and graduate students studying 5G network security and privacy.


CYBERSECURITY IN INTELLIGENT NETWORKING SYSTEMS

Help protect your network system with this important reference work on cybersecurity

Cybersecurity and privacy are critical to modern network systems. As various malicious threats have been launched that target critical online services—such as e-commerce, e-health, social networks, and other major cyber applications—it has become more critical to protect important information from being accessed. Data-driven network intelligence is a crucial development in protecting the security of modern network systems and ensuring information privacy.

Cybersecurity in Intelligent Networking Systems provides a background introduction to data-driven cybersecurity, privacy preservation, and adversarial machine learning. It offers a comprehensive introduction to exploring technologies, applications, and issues in data-driven cyber infrastructure. It describes a proposed novel, data-driven network intelligence system that helps provide robust and trustworthy safeguards with edge-enabled cyber infrastructure, edge-enabled artificial intelligence (AI) engines, and threat intelligence. Focusing on encryption-based security protocol, this book also highlights the capability of a network intelligence system in helping target and identify unauthorized access, malicious interactions, and the destruction of critical information and communication technology.

Cybersecurity in Intelligent Networking Systems readers will also find:

  • Fundamentals in AI for cybersecurity, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and security threats
  • Latest technologies in data-driven privacy preservation, including differential privacy, federated learning, and homomorphic encryption
  • Key areas in adversarial machine learning, from both offense and defense perspectives
  • Descriptions of network anomalies and cyber threats
  • Background information on data-driven network intelligence for cybersecurity
  • Robust and secure edge intelligence for network anomaly detection against cyber intrusions
  • Detailed descriptions of the design of privacy-preserving security protocols

Cybersecurity in Intelligent Networking Systems is an essential reference for all professional computer engineers and researchers in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, as well as graduate students in these fields.