Title :
Enhancing WLAN security with sectored antennas
Author :
Kannan, P. Muthu ; Swaminathan, R. ; Palanisamy, V.
Author_Institution :
VIT Univ., Vellore, India
Abstract :
Wireless networks are becoming an essential concept of modern computing and services. It provides lot of advantages such as mobility and comfort. At the same time the security of wireless networks are not so good. The efforts are being made to have wireless networks as safety as their wired counterparts. As an effort in this direction, the concept of providing security with the sectored antennas is discussed in this paper.
Keywords :
antennas; wireless LAN; WLAN security enhancement; sectored antennas; wireless networks; Computer crime; Computer networks; Data security; Directional antennas; Directive antennas; Optical fiber networks; Phased arrays; Shape; Wireless LAN; Wireless networks; Access Point; Eavesdropper; Micro strip Yagi Array; Sectored Antennas; WLAN;
Conference_Titel :
Ultra Modern Telecommunications & Workshops, 2009. ICUMT '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
St. Petersburg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3942-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3941-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICUMT.2009.5345605