@conference {17769, title = {A Security Service Protocol for MANETs}, booktitle = {Consumer Communications and Networking Conference. CCNC 2009}, year = {2009}, month = {01/2009}, publisher = {IEEE}, organization = {IEEE}, address = {in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA}, abstract = {Mobile ad-hoc networks are composed of heterogeneous mobile systems. Securing their communications may be difficult due to differences in the supported algorithms and protocols. In this paper we propose a protocol to negotiate security settings for the communications. This protocol aims at minimizing the power consumption and at providing the highest possible security level associated with the communications.}, keywords = {ad hoc networks, communication system security, data security, decision support systems, energy consumption, hardware, heterogeneous mobile systems, MANET, mobile ad-hoc networks, mobile communication, mobile radio, power consumption, power system security, protocol, quality of service (QoS), routing protocols, security service protocol, telecommunication security}, doi = {10.1109/CCNC.2009.4784782}, author = {Taddeo, Antonio Vincenzo and Ferrante, Alberto} }