Mobile social networks (MSNs) have become increasingly popular in supporting many novel
applications since emerging in the recent years. Their applications and services are of great …

Password-based remote user authentication schemes are widely investigated, with recent
research increasingly combining a user's biometrics with a password to design a remote …

High-speed rail systems are becoming increasingly popular among long-distance travelers.
With the explosive growth in the number of mobile devices, the provision of high-quality …

ABSTRACT The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) proposed proxy mobile ipv6
(PMIPv6) is a very promising network based mobility management protocol. There are three …

In the last decade, the request for Internet access in heterogeneous environments keeps on
growing, principally in mobile platforms such as buses, airplanes and trains. Consequently …

Motivated by the future Internet Protocol (IP) based aeronautical telecommunications
network supporting air traffic control communications, this thesis specifies a route …

In this paper we propose a novel Cross-layer Localized Authentication Mechanism (CLAM)
to secure mobility in Next Generation Networks. The proposed mechanism integrates Proxy …

In this paper, the authors propose a multi-transmission mechanism of heterogeneous
network environment which is applicable to the SMART screen services over wire and …

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) proposed a host-based mobility management
protocol, called Mobile IPv6 (MIPv6) protocol for mobile nodes (MNs) to maintain continuous …

In this paper we propose a novel authentication mechanism for session mobility in Next
Generation Networks named as Hierarchical Authentication Key Management (HAKM). The …