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A Collaborative System for Reputation-based Security in Underwater Acoustic Networks

Abstract: Although widely employed in mission-critical applications, Underwater Acoustic Networks (UANs) are intrinsically susceptible to Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, due to the broadcast nature ...