A Secure Gateway Solution for Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks

This paper reviewed the secure characteristics of mobile devices that can use wireless networks almost anywhere and anytime by using one or more wireless network technologies. These technologies enable the use of infrastructured networks and ad-hoc networks. Further it describes the characteristics o f wireless ad-hoc networks and the environment for the different possible gateway implementation. The gateway implementation provides a secure generic solution for accessing the infrastructured network from the ad-hoc network, and it provides multiple security levels that enable different security levels for different networking environments. It describes the environment in which the gateway is used, introduces potential gateway solutions, and chooses the most appropriate gateway solution and provides the gateway specification for the wireless ad hoc network. The minimum, essential and additional functional requirements are chosen for effective functionality of gateway. At the end, optional functional requirements are not implemented, but they are described with their features that may be implemented in the future.