A fast iterative localized re-authentication protocol for heterogeneous mobile networks

Author

Lin, Shen-Ho ; Chiu, Jung-Hui ; Lee, Gwo-Ruey

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Chang Gung Univ., Taoyuan, Taiwan

Volume

56

Issue

4

fYear

2010

fDate

11/1/2010 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2267

Lastpage

2275

Abstract

The heterogeneous mobile network proposed to provide a high data transmission and high mobility under wide area coverage is a candidate to integrate all kinds of communication networks in the future mobile communications. In this paper, a novel re-authentication protocol named Fast Iterative Localized Re-authentication (FIL Re-authentication) is proposed to replace the fast reauthentication protocol in EAP-SIM and it adopts localized process and iterative process within the access points (APs) for reducing the authentication latency. Additionally, the IEEE 802.11 WLAN simulation mode based on the Network Simulator 2 (NS-2) is used for validating the proposed protocol and for analyzing the performances of the proposed protocol shown superior results in comparison to existing EAP-SIM protocol in terms of authentication session time, bandwidth cost, and authentication delay.

Keywords

iterative methods; message authentication; mobile radio; protocols; EAP-SIM protocol; IEEE 802.11 WLAN simulation mode; access points; authentication delay; authentication latency reduction; authentication session time; bandwidth cost; communication networks; fast iterative localized reauthentication protocol; heterogeneous mobile networks; high data transmission; mobile communications; network simulator 2; Authentication; Databases; Encryption; GSM; Protocols; Servers; Wireless LAN; Authentication, EAP-SIM, RADIUS Server, Access Points.;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCE.2010.5681099

Filename

5681099