In this paper we describe a technology for protecting privacy in video systems. The paper presents a review of privacy in video surveillance and describes how a computer vision approach to understanding the video can be used to represent “just enough” of the information contained in a video stream to allow video-based tasks (including both surveillance and other “person aware” applications) to ...

The communication channel is a shared resource in networked control systems, and channel access at every instant cannot be guaranteed. In this paper, we propose a novel architecture for control over wireless networks with integrated medium access control (MAC). We evaluate the impact of constrained channel access on the cost of controlling a single plant over a network and establish that the se...

one of the main requirements for providing software security is the enforcement of access control policies, which is sometimes referred to as the heart of security. the main purpose of access control policies is to protect resources of the system against unauthorized accesses. any error in the implementation of access control policies may lead to undesirable outcomes. hence, we should ensure th...

Media sharing is an extremely popular paradigm of social interaction in online social networks (OSNs) nowadays. The scalable media access control is essential to perform information sharing among users with various access privileges. In this paper, we present a multi-dimensional scalable media access control (MD-SMAC) system based on the proposed scalable ciphertext policy attribute-based encry...

In recent years there has been a significant growth in the deployment of heterogeneous wireless technologies. Due to its diversity, new multi-interface terminals have appeared and pose new challenges to mobility management and security in wireless networks. In order to achieve a solution to these new challenges several standardisation groups are working to provide solutions that enable a seamle...

Sensor network applications typically require continuous monitoring of physical phenomena for extended periods of time under severe energy resource constraints. Accordingly, design considerations for sensor Media Access Control (MAC) protocols depart significantly from those of traditional wireless MAC protocols that largely ignore the energy factor. In this paper, we reexamine the design space...