Comparison of Cross Layer Techniques for Wireless Network Security for 802.11

Wireless technology has been gaining popularity over some years. Adaptation of standard depends on ease of use and level of security it provides..In this paper, we will study and compare Security techniques to detect attack in 802.11 by fusing multi-layer metrics is presented. We will discuss advantages and limitations of techniques of cross layer approach for wireless network security. Cross-layer approach has gained interest in performance optimization due to their design advantages. Keywords