IPv6

and provide governance. As a result of rapid expansion of the Internet and the growth of the number of hosts on that network, the available addresses in the space provided by Internet Protocol version four (IPv4) has run out. As a result a newer IPv6 protocol is being adopted slowly across the Internet. Flexibility and Address Space Conservation Companies and organizations like Hampshire College needed a way to quickly acquire new flexible address spaces that do not consume already…

1.1 Introduction This chapter will briefly discuss the background of Software Defined Networking (SDN) and its use in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). It will also state the Problem Definition, the Aims & Objectives of this project, and the Methodology used to achieve those objectives. In the end, it will present an overview of the dissertation’s layout. 1.2 Background The Internet has made an enormous impact on the world of communications. It has interconnected billions of networking devices…

While ubiquitous Internet access is extremely convenient and enables marvelous new applications for mobile users, it also creates a major security vulnerability—by placing a passive receiver in the vicinity of the wireless transmitter, that receiver can obtain a copy of every packet that is transmitted! These packets can contain all kinds of sensitive information, including passwords, social security numbers, trade secrets, and private personal messages. A passive receiver that records a copy of…