Secure multimedia communication in wireless mesh networks

Wireless mesh networks (WMNs) is a new type of network paradigm in which each node is communicates to others to enhance network reliability and performance. Multimedia communication in wireless mesh network is a challenging task. The concept of field based routing (FBR) is gaining the popularity because it uses a little information to route the packets. These routing algorithms are robust, inexpensive and scalable. Authors believe that the FBR is the better choice for the multimedia communication in wireless mesh networks. Because it exchanges little information for building and maintenance of the routing tables. Despite from the robustness and scalability of the FBR it is also prone to different active and passive attacks. In this paper we first study that how multimedia communication can be done using FBR and than take some security measures to eliminate the risk of intruder intervention in such communication. Multimedia FBR and its security has is extensively studied using Omnet++ network simulator for to identify and isolate the malicious node and to prevent the traffic flows from various active and passive attacks.