A Review of Some Security Aspects of WiMAX and Converged Network

Author

Habib, Masood ; Ahmad, Masood

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Islamabad, Pakistan

fYear

2010

fDate

26-28 Feb. 2010

Firstpage

372

Lastpage

376

Abstract

The future for WiMAX-based mobile wireless access is so bright. With the increasing popularity of WiMAX, it is gaining a great position in the next generation of wireless networks. Due to the evolution of new technologies wireless is not secured as like others networking technologies. On the other side the trend is towards converged network in which the same networking infrastructure is used for both data and voice transmission. A lot of security concerns are needed to secure a converged network. This paper aims to review the study of WiMAX and converged network and security considerations for both the technologies. WiMAX security in converged network is studied. The security threats that can occur in converged network to WiMAX and countermeasures that can be taken against these threats are reviewed.

Keywords

WiMax; mobile communication; radio access networks; telecommunication security; WiMAX; converged network; data transmission; mobile wireless access; security aspects; voice transmission; Communication system security; Computer science; Computer security; Data security; Mobile communication; National security; Paper technology; Physical layer; WiMAX; Wireless networks; Converged Network; Security mechanisms; Security threats; WiMAX; Wireless Technologies;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communication Software and Networks, 2010. ICCSN '10. Second International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5726-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5727-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCSN.2010.93

Filename

5437693