LTE/SAE Security Issues on 4G Wireless Networks

2013; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Volume: 11; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1109/msp.2012.136

ISSN

1558-4046

Autores

Anastasios N. Bikos, Nicolas Sklavos,

Tópico(s)

RFID technology advancements

Resumo

The authors give an overview on the state of the art of potential security issues that occur in the deployment of the LTE/SAE (Long-Term Evolution/System Architecture Evolution) protocol in emerging 4G wireless technologies. Although security concerns and challenges in wireless networks will remain a hot topic in the future, the LTE/SAE standard could adapt to these rising challenges, becoming more robust and secure. By looking at the authentication and ciphering algorithms, such as EAP-AKA (Extensible Authentication Protocol for Authentication and Key Agreement), currently operating within the LTE protocol, the authors analyze several vulnerabilities in LTE/SAE security architecture - specifically, insecure AKA key derivation procedures and the lack of fast reauthentications during handovers.

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