Security in Bluetooth, RFID and Wireless Sensor Networks

Abstract

Recently, new families of wireless ad hoc networks have emerged for specialized applications— personal area networks. Wireless personal area networks (WPAN) is rapidly gaining popularity. A wide variety of traditional computing devices and embedded Internet appliances are networked around us. However, due to the broadcast nature of these networks and the heterogeneity of devices on these networks, new security problems will arise, because the different types of devices have different capabilities and security requirements. In this paper, an overview of security issues like attacks and its countermeasures for wireless personal area networks such as Bluetooth, RFID and wireless sensor networks has been provided.