• DocumentCode
    2562173
  • Title

    Enhancing WLAN security with sectored antennas

  • Author

    Kannan, P. Muthu ; Swaminathan, R. ; Palanisamy, V.

  • Author_Institution
    VIT Univ., Vellore, India
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    12-14 Oct. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICUMT.2009.5345605
  • Filename
    5345605