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Multi-Agent Systems in Quantum Security for Modern Wireless Networks

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Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems (KES 2009)

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Security in wireless networks has become a major concern as the wireless networks are vulnerable to security threats than wired networks. The 802.11i wireless networks uses 4 way handshake protocol to distribute the key hierarchy in order to encrypt the data communication. In our previous research work [2], [3], we have investigated Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), for key distribution in 802.11 wireless networks. The whole communication flow of our proposed protocol can be split into several key processes. It can be seen that these processes can be implemented efficiently using Software Agents. In this paper we shall focus on the use of Software Agents in quantum cryptography based key distribution in WiFi wireless networks.

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  1. Faculty of Information Sciences and Engineering, University of Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia

    Xu Huang & Dharmendra Sharma

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  1. University of Chile, Republica 701, 8370439, Santiago, Chile

    Juan D. Velásquez  & Sebastián A. Ríos  & 

  2. University of Brighton, BN2 4GJ, Brighton, UK

    Robert J. Howlett

  3. University of South Australia, 5095, Mawson Lakes, SA, Australia

    Lakhmi C. Jain

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Huang, X., Sharma, D. (2009). Multi-Agent Systems in Quantum Security for Modern Wireless Networks. In: Velásquez, J.D., Ríos, S.A., Howlett, R.J., Jain, L.C. (eds) Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems. KES 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5712. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04592-9_15

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