Security issues in privacy and key management protocols of IEEE 802.16

Xu, Sen; Matthews, Manton M.; Huang, Chin‐Tser

doi:10.1145/1185448.1185474

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“…In this section, we will focus on the security threats that apply to WiMAX networks [Andrews et al 2007;Barbeau 2005;Naseer et al 2008;Xu et al 2006]. These security threats can be divided into two categories: PHY layer threats and MAC layer threats.…”

Section: A13 Further Discussion On Wimax Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Unfortunately, when WiMAX network operators choose not to use EAP-based mutual authentication, the subscriber stations are vulnerable to MITM attacks of various kinds [Barbeau 2005;Naseer et al 2008;Xu et al 2006]. Without mutual authentication, the base station will be able to verify the subscriber identity, yet the subscriber has to trust that the base station is authentic.…”

Section: Mac Layer Threatsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Survey of Wireless Communications for the Electric Power System

Akyol¹,

Kirkham²,

Clements³

et al. 2010

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Executive SummaryA key mission of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) is conducting research and development to enhance the security and reliability of the nation's energy infrastructure. Improving the security of control systems, which enable the automated control of our energy production and distribution, is critical for protecting the energy infrastructure and the integral function that it serves. The DOE-OE Control Systems Security Program is actively pursuing advanced security solutions for control systems.The focus of this report is analyzing how, where, and what type of wireless communications are suitable for deployment in the electric power system and to inform implementers of their options in wireless technologies. The discussions in this report are applicable to enhancing both the communications infrastructure of the current electric power system and new smart system deployments.The work described in this report includes a survey of the following wireless technologies: In this document, we provide a concise summary of the technical underpinnings of each wireless technology. We also outline the feature set and the strengths and weaknesses of each technology. Our intent is to provide enough detail to our readers such that when considering wireless for a particular application, they will know enough to ask the right questions to get the features and capabilities desired.For obtaining data communications coverage quickly and inexpensively over a large geographic area, both WiMAX and 3G/4G cellular technologies should be considered. WiMAX at the present holds a bandwidth and latency advantage over 3G cellular communications; however, with the imminent LTE deployment from multiple carriers, we believe this advantage will be short-lived. Unlike WiMAX deployments, LTE will mostly reuse existing cellular networks and should be a straightforward evolution of the 3G cellular networks. Both of these technologies operate over licensed spectrum and therefore should be protected against unintended interference. In terms of scalability, we know that the cellular networks are capable of accommodating hundreds of millions of subscribers while providing both voice and data communications. WiMAX networks have been deployed to provide wireless local loop service successfully. However, presently, WiMAX networks only support a small fraction of users compared to 3G cellular networks. Whether using WiMAX or 3G/4G cellular, we recommend a combination of application-level security and virtual private networking (VPN) for transporting electric power system information over these public networks.For creating a wireless sensor network for both data gathering and command/control applications, there are three alternatives, all based on the IEEE 802.15.4 protocol stack: ZigBee, WirelessHART, and ISA100.11a. We expect ZigBee to be a common choice for electric power system networking within the iv home. While there are legitimate concerns for the security properties of ZigBee ...

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Section: A13 Further Discussion On Wimax Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Mac Layer Threatsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Survey of Wireless Communications for the Electric Power System

Akyol¹,

Kirkham²,

Clements³

et al. 2010

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“…2 given below describes the initial network entry procedure. A mobile station which is just powered on must perform initial network entry process [5]. The steps for initial network entry process are given below: Step 1: When it is powered on, it firsts scans the downlink channel to determine whether it is currently in the coverage of base station.…”

Section: Wimax Network Entry Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…After establishing a shared secret (the AK) between the MS and the BS, PKMv2 uses it to secure subsequent exchanges of TEKs between the two parties. Several issues of Key management are listed in [5].…”

Section: B Privacy Key Management Versionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Implementation of Reserved CID Based Passport Handover and PKMv2 Protocol in IEEE802.16e Network Entry Process

Sridevi¹,

Sudharsana²,

Ranganathan³

et al. 2013

JACN

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Abstract-Mobility management being a decisive role in wireless communication networks which effectively distribute the services to the relevant users on the move. A wireless network which is richer and fixed in bandwidth is specified as IEEE802.16 and is promoted and launched by an industrial forum Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX). WiMAX has the challenge of prolonged Handover Delay time. In our proposed method, to minimize the time delay passport handover using Reserved CIDs (RCID) are used which is common and unique to all BSs of that particular ASN. MS with RCID can roam around all BSs within ASN without any authentication for six handovers. By this the handoff delay can be reduced by 33.33%. In IEEE 802.16, however, security has been considered as the main issue during the design of the protocol but some issues still need to be solved on threats, risk and vulnerability in real situations. IEEE 802.16 employs an authenticated client/server key management protocol in which the BS, the server, controls the distribution of keying material to the client SS and is based on the PKMv2 (Privacy Key Management Version 2) protocol. This paper discusses about the implementation of RSA and EAP based PKMv2.This mechanism is analyzed in mobile WiMAX model and the protocols are developed in MATLAB GUIDE.

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“…WiMAX equipment's are cheap and the WiMAX Forum is working to build cost effective and enhanced performance network with an upgrade for the growing demand of broadband services which is named WiMAX 2 and based on IEEE 802.16m standard [5]. WiMAX is frequently focused on two most important areas of concern namely location management and handover management [4].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Handover Comparisons of WiMAX and WiMAX Release 2

Sufyan¹,

Salam²,

Amin³

2017

IJCNIS

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Abstract-Internet has become major need of every person. It provides information in a single click, cost effective way of communication with the outside world, gigantic library, social networking, feeds and blogs, satellite TV and business. World has become a global village because of internet. WiMAX is one of the most promising and innovating technology which supports high speed data and multimedia applications like VoIP, Satellite TV and video conferencing. The demand for enlarged coverage and high speed internet made WiMAX services still inadequate to the users. WiMAX Release 2 or WiMAX 2 is 4G technology built on IEEE 802.16m specification that will provide high bandwidth for VoIP and peak download rate up to 300Mbps which is more than double the current WiMAX . This work enlightens features and comparison of WiMAX and WiMAX 2 with respect to different handover schemes, network architecture, bandwidth, spectral efficiency and sector size throughput. Result shows that the WiMAX 2 is similar to WiMAX but with increased bandwidth, 4.5% better spectral efficiency and 28/54 Mbps Sector/site throughput.

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Security issues in privacy and key management protocols of IEEE 802.16

Cited by 72 publications

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A Survey of Wireless Communications for the Electric Power System

A Survey of Wireless Communications for the Electric Power System

Implementation of Reserved CID Based Passport Handover and PKMv2 Protocol in IEEE802.16e Network Entry Process

Handover Comparisons of WiMAX and WiMAX Release 2

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