Cognitive radio networks (CRNs) have emerged as an essential technology to enable
dynamic and opportunistic spectrum access which aims to exploit underutilized licensed …

This paper provides a comprehensive literature review on applications of economic and
pricing theory to security issues in wireless networks. Unlike wireline networks, the …

Wireless body area networks (WBANs), as a promising health-care system, can provide
tremendous benefits for timely and continuous patient care and remote health monitoring …

In a two-tiered wireless sensor network, resource-limited sensor nodes act as the lower layer
for sensing data, and resource-rich storage nodes act as the upper layer for storing data and …

Mobile devices with geo-positioning capabilities (eg, GPS) enable users to access
information that is relevant to their present location. Users are interested in querying about …

The widely deployed Virtual Private Network (VPN) technology allows roaming users to
build an encrypted tunnel to a VPN server, which henceforth allows roaming users to access …

Cloud-based Personal Health Record systems (CB-PHR) have great potential in facilitating
the management of individual health records. Security and privacy concerns are among the …

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are increasingly involved in many applications. However,
communication overhead and energy efficiency of sensor nodes are the major concerns in …

Storage nodes are expected to be placed as an intermediate tier of large scale sensor
networks for caching the collected sensor readings and responding to queries with benefits …

Two-tiered wireless sensor networks offer good scalability, efficient power usage, and space
saving. However, storage nodes are more attractive to attackers than sensors because they …