Secure and Reliable Wireless Communication through End-to-End-based Solution

ii Acknowledgments There are many people who made this dissertation possible by their direct or indirect help, unwavering guidance, moral support, and blind friendship and I am greatly indebted to them. Firstly and most importantly, I would like to express my utmost gratitude to Dr. Wenyuan Xu, who is not only my advisor but also my mentor. She taught me how to become a researcher from a coder. Her demands for high standards have helped me immensely to improve my presentation and writing skills. I am greatly indebted to her continuous inspiration, and guidance, constant encouragement and absolute support during the last five years. I am very grateful to many professors at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in University of South Carolina (USC) who have been instrumental in my theoretical and professional developments. Specifically, I would like to thank Dr. Srihari Nelakuditi who set “the bar ” much higher which motivated me a lot.