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Table of Contents
ABSTRACT II
ATTESTATION OF AUTHORSHIP III
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IV
TABLE OF CONTENTS V
LIST OF FIGURES VIII
LIST OF TABLES IX
ABBREVIATIONS AND NOTATIONS X
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 THE STRUCTURE OF THIS DISSERTATION 2
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 3
2.1 INTRODUCTION 3
2.2 THE WLANS ARCHITECTURE 3
2.3 WLAN NETWORKING STANDARDS 6
2.3.1 802.11a 7
2.3.2 802.11b 7
2.3.3 802.11g 7
2.3.4 802.11i 8
2.3.5 802.11n 8
2.4 802.11 SECURITY FEATURES 9
2.4.1 Entity authentication and access control 9
2.4.2 Encryption and Data Confidentiality 11
2.5 WLAN SECURITY ISSUES 14
2.5.1 Security attacks on WLANs 14
2.5.2 Other Security Issues 16
2.6 RESEARCHES IN WLAN SECURITY 18
2.7 SUMMARY 19
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