Performance Analysis of IEEE 802.11 Security Architectures
Jiang Lin-jun · Journal of Chinese Computer Systems · 2008
Introduction of security in Wireless LANs had always created degradation in performance-depending in part upon the options chosen for encryption,authentication,re-keying and digital certificates.The finalisation of IEEE 802.11i(WPA2)along with its implementation in new hardware platforms has significantly altered such performance characteristics.This paper describes the performance analysis of IEEE 802.11i and compares the results with studies based on WEP and WPA.This research shows that while there are statistically significant differences between the security options,they are small enough to be ignored in practice.This paper provides an analysis which will assist in secure wireless network design which meets specific performance criteria.