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Cryptographic Protection of Removable Media with a USB Interface for Secure Workstation for Special Applications, Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology, 2012, nr 3
Get PDFThis paper describes one of the essential elements of Secure Workstation for Special Applications (SWSA) to cryptographic protection of removable storage devices with USB interface. SWSA is a system designed to process data classified to different security domains in which the multilevel security is used. The described method for protecting data on removable Flash RAM protects data against unauthorized access in systems processing the data, belonging to different security domains (with different classification levels) in which channel the flow of data must be strictly controlled. Only user authenticated by the SWSA can use the removable medium in the system, and the data stored on such media can be read only by an authorized user by the SWSA. This solution uses both symmetric and asymmetric encryption algorithms. The following procedures are presented: creating protected a file (encryption), generating signatures for the file and reading (decryption) the file. Selected elements of the protection systems implementation of removable Flash RAM and the mechanisms used in implementation the Windows have been described
Auction Models SupportingEnd-to- End Connection Trading, Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology, 2012, nr 2
Get PDFThe paper concerns bandwidth allocation problem on the telecommunication market where there are many sellers and buyers. Sellers offer the bandwidth of telecommunication links. Buyers are interested in the purchase of the bandwidth of several links that makes up an end-to-end connection between two nodes of telecommunication network. We analyze three auction models supporting such a bandwidth exchange: NSP (network second price), BCBT (model for balancing communication bandwidth trading) and BCBT-CG which is a modification of BCBT that applies column generation technique. All of these models concern divisible network resources, treat bandwidth of telecommunication links as an elementary commodity offered for sale, and allow for purchasing bandwidth along multiple paths joining two telecommunication nodes. All of them also aim at maximizing the social welfare. Considered auction models have been compared in the respect of economic and computational efficiency. Experimental studies have been performed on several test instances based on the SNDlib library data sets
Hierarchical Multiobjective Routing Model in MPLS Networks with Two Service Classes – A Comparison Case Study, Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology, 2012, nr 2
Get PDFA two-level hierarchical multicriteria routing model for multiprotocol label switching networks with two service classes (QoS, i.e., with quality of service requirements, and best effort services) and alternative routing is reviewed in this paper. A heuristic resolution approach, where nondominated solutions are obtained throughout the heuristic run and kept in an archive for further analysis is also reviewed. In this paper, an extensive analysis of the application of this procedure to two reference test networks for various traffic matrices is presented. Also a comparison of the results of our method with a lexicographic optimization approach based on a multicommodity flow formulation using virtual networks is carried out. Finally, results of a stochastic discrete event simulation model developed for these networks will be shown to illustrate the effectiveness of the resolution approach and to assess the inaccuracies of the analytic results
Requirements of 4G-Based Mobile Broadband on Future Transport Networks, Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology, 2012, nr 2
Get PDFLong term evolution technologies provide new standards in mobile communications regarding available bandwidth. It is expected that users of one radio cell will share more than 100 Mbit/s in future. To take advantage of the full feature set of next generation mobile networks, transport net- work design has to face new requirements, caused by the architectural changes of LTE technologies. Especially the newly defined X2 interface impacts on the transport network requirements. X2 enables direct communication between evolved base stations (eNBs) and thus, enforces local solutions. At the same time a tendency of locating network elements at fewer, central sites to reduce operational expenditure can be observed, in particular concerning the transport layer. This leads to the question of how the direct X2 connection of eNBs on the logical layer can be accommodated with a general centralization of transport networks. Our considerations show that for LTE, a centralized transport network is able to realize the local meshing between eNBs. However, for LTE Advanced, the standards currently discussed by the 3GPP initiative could lead to enhanced requirements on the X2 interface latency. Consequently, the implications for the network architecture have to be analyzed in more detail
QRouteMe: A Multichannel Information System to Ensure Rich User-Experiences in Exhibits and Museums, Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology, 2012, nr 1
Get PDFIn this article the QRouteMe system is presented. QRouteMe is a multichannel information system built to ensure rich user experiences in exhibits and museums. The system starts from basic information about a particular exhibit or museum while delivering a wide user experience based on different distribution channels. The organization of the systems’ components allow to build different solutions that can be simultaneously delivered on different media. A wide range of media from touch-screen installations to portable devices like smartphones have been used. The used devices can communicate each others to increase the usability and the user experience for the visitors. Another important feature of the system is the definition of an inexpensive auto-localization system based on fiduciary marks distributed all around the building. In this article the system is presented from an architectural and functional point of view. A case study and analysis of experimental results are also provided in a real environment where the system was deployed
Application of Social Network Analysis to the Investigation of Interpersonal Connections, Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology, 2012, nr 2
Get PDFSocial network analysis (SNA) is an important and valuable tool for knowledge extraction from massive and unstructured data. Social network provides a powerful abstraction of the structure and dynamics of diverse kinds of interpersonal connection and interaction. In this paper, we address issues associated with the application of SNA to the investigation and analysis of social relationships of people. We provide a brief introduction to representation and analysis of social networks, SNA models and methods. The main objective is to investigate the application of SNA techniques to data mining in case of two social networks Facebook and Twitter. The presented simulations illustrate how social analysis can be used to determine the interpersonal connections, importance of actors in a given social network and detect communities of people. We then discuss strength and weakness of SNA techniques
Koszty utopione w działalności telekomunikacyjnej. Telekomunikacja i Techniki Informacyjne, 2012, nr 1-2
Get PDFW artykule przedstawiono problematykę kosztów utopionych, będących barierą wejścia/wyjścia przedsiębiorstw telekomunikacyjnych z rynków usług telekomunikacyjnych. Zarysowano politykę państwa, w tym rolę regulatora sektora telekomunikacyjnego w Polsce w odniesieniu do kosztów utopionych
BSBI – a Simple Protocol for Remote Verification of Identity, Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology, 2012, nr 3
Get PDFThe paper presents the design and the rationale behind a simple verification protocol for autonomous verification modules, and the architecture enabling use of such modules. The architecture assumes strict separation of all personal metadata and the actual verification data. The paper also describes a prototype implementation of the protocol and its extension enabling the state of the module to be monitored from the main system. The proposed design solves the problem of using advanced verification methods, especially biometric ones, in systems where direct implementation is not possible due to hardware incompatibilities, insufficient resources or other limitations
A Survey of Energy Efficient Security Architectures and Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks, Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology, 2012, nr 3
Get PDFData security and energy aware communication are key aspects in design of modern ad hoc networks. In this paper we investigate issues associated with the development of secure IEEE 802.15.4 based wireless sensor networks (WSNs) – a special type of ad hoc networks. We focus on energy aware security architectures and protocols for use in WSNs. To give the motivation behind energy efficient secure networks, first, the security requirements of wireless sensor networks are presented and the relationships between network security and network lifetime limited by often insufficient resources of network nodes are explained. Second, a short literature survey of energy aware security solutions for use in WSNs is presented