NCS-3102: Wireless Network Security

Description
This course covers security and privacy issues in wireless networks and systems, such as cellular networks, wireless LANs, wireless PANs, mobile ad hoc networks, vehicular networks, satellite networks, wireless mesh networks, sensor networks and RFID systems. Security problems of MAC and especially upper layers will be emphasized. This course will address various issues (attacks and defenses strategies) in wireless and mobile security, including WEP and WPA, wireless jamming attacks, and mobile privacy. The course will also demonstrate wireless Internetworking concepts, and security and administration including WEP, IEEE 802.11i, RADIUS, WPA, WPA2, and related encryption algorithms. Lecture: 2 hrs/week; Lab: 2 hrs/week.