ABSTRACT
Abstract Wireless communication protocols have specified security layers that support encryption with high-level strength. The performance results of these integrations, in some cases, cannot meet all the wireless communications standards and specified security demands. This chapter is a survey on the advantages and trade-offs of the different implementation approaches to wireless protocol security. Alternative solutions are proposed, so that the implementation problem can be faced successfully. The different solutions to this issue are compared in terms of both performance and supported security level. Technical specifications for software and hardware implementations of the past and present are given. Future directions on both cipher
designs and solutions to the problem of implementation are proposed. In particular, recommendations for wireless communications security engines are discussed.
