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Making HeNB more secure with improved secure access protocol and analyzing it

Ghasemi Najm, F ; Sharif University of Technology | 2015

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-26925-2_9
  3. Publisher: Springer Verlag , 2015
  4. Abstract:
  5. The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) defined a new architecture, called Home eNode B (HeNB). HeNB is able to provide new services with higher data rate in a low cost. Security is a critical aspect of HeNB. In order to have HeNB secure access to core network, 3GPP defines an authentication protocol based on IKEv2. A number of security vulnerabilities such as HeNB masquerading have not been addressed and solved by 3GPP technical specification yet. In this paper an improved HeNB authentication protocol is introduced which does not allow an attacker to connect unauthorized network users using a mask. Finally, we evaluate our protocol performance and verify it by Automated Validation of Internet Security Protocols and Applications (AVISPA). Through our security analysis, we conclude that not only the proposed protocol prevents the various security threats but also it has no significant effect on authentication delay and cost
  6. Keywords:
  7. Protocol ; Authentication ; Cost benefit analysis ; Internet protocols ; Mobile security ; Mobile telecommunication systems ; Network protocols ; Security systems ; Wireless networks ; 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) ; Authentication protocols ; HeNB ; IPSec ; LTE ; Security ; Security vulnerabilities ; Technical specifications ; Network security
  8. Source: Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST, 16 September 2015 through 18 September 2015 ; Volume 158 , 2015 , Pages 107-120 ; 18678211 (ISSN) ; 9783319269245 (ISBN)
  9. URL: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-26925-2_9