Network-Aware Security for Group Communications

• Main Authors: Sun, Yan (Author), Trappe, Wade (Author), Liu, K. J. R. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer organization.; Computer communication systems.; Data structures (Computer science).; Data encryption (Computer science).; Electrical engineering.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory.; Data Encryption.; Computer Communication Networks.; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks.

Network-Aware Security for Group Communications fills a growing need in the research community for a reference that describes the state-of-the-art in securing group communications in emerging networks and for future applications. The growth of multi-user services makes it essential that a complement...

Table of Contents:

• Centralized Multi-user Key Management
• Group Key Agreement Techniques in Heterogeneous Networks
• Optimizing Rekeying Costs in Group Key Agreement
• Optimizing Multicast Key Management for Cellular Multicasting
• Key Management and Distribution for Securing Multimedia Multicasts
• Hierarchical Access Control for Multi-Group Scenarios
• Protecting Membership Information in Secure Multicasting
• Reducing Delay and Enhancing DoS Resistance in Multicast Authentication
• An Authentication Service for Sensor and Ad Hoc Networks.