1. Overview of cryptographic primitives for secure communication / Palash Sarkar -- 2. Introduction to communication security / Vesna Hassler -- 3. Efficient VLSI architectures for the advanced encryption standard algorithm / Xinmiao Zhang -- 4. Hardware design issues in elliptic curve cryptography for wireless systems / Apostolos P. Fournaris and O. Koufopavlou -- 5. Efficient elliptic curve cryptographic hardware design for wireless security / Lo'ai A. Tawalbeh and ßetin Kaya Ko ̇-- 6. Cryptographic algorithms in constrained environments / Vincent Rijmen and Norbert Pramstaller -- 7. Side-channel analysis attacks on hardware implementations of cryptographic algorithms / Siddika Berna ¿rs, Bart Preneel, and Ingrid Verbauwhede -- 8. Security enhancement layer for bluetooth / Panu Hm̃l̃ĩnen, Marko Hñnikĩnen, and Timo D. Hm̃l̃ĩnen -- 9. WLAN security processing architectures / Neil Smyth, Maire McLoone, and John V. McCanny -- 10. Security architecture and implementation of the universal mobile telecommunication system / Paris Kitsos and Nicolas Sklavos -- 11. Wireless application protocol security processor: privacy, authentication, and data integrity / Nicolas Sklavos -- 12. Binary algorithms for multiplicative inversion / Erkay Savas -- 13. Smart card technology / Martin Manninger.