Abstract
Software defined wireless networking (SDWN) is a new paradigm of wireless networking, physically separating the data and control planes of various elements in the wireless infrastructure. Similar to its wired counterpart, SDWN is expected to introduce a wide range of benefits to the operation and management of wireless networks. Security is always important to any network. On one hand, SDWN enables new security mechanisms. On the other hand, some new threats are introduced due to the separation of the control and data planes and the introduction of the logically centralized controller. In this article, we discuss its security threat vectors as well as design issues in making it secure. Also, we analyze the security requirements of SDWN, and then summarize the security attacks and countermeasures in this area and suggest some future research directions.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 20-25 |
| Journal | IEEE Communications Magazine |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Online published | 12 Jan 2016 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jan 2016 |
Funding
This research is supported by a strategic research grant from City University of Hong Kong [Project No. 7004429], the Pearl River Nova Program of Guangzhou (No. 2014J2200051), the National Science Foundation of China (Grants: 51477056 and 61321064), the Shanghai Knowledge Service Platform for Trustworthy Internet of Things (No. ZF1213), the Shanghai Rising-Star Program (No. 15QA1401700), and the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education. Daojing He is the corresponding author of this article.