Authentication Authorization and Accounting (AAA) Schemes in WiMAX

Author

Adibi, Sasan ; Lin, Bin ; Ho, Pin-Han ; Agnew, G.B. ; Erfani, Shervin

Author_Institution

Broadband Commun. Res. Centre, Waterloo Univ., Ont.

fYear

2006

fDate

7-10 May 2006

Firstpage

210

Lastpage

215

Abstract

Authorization, authentication, and accounting schemes for WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) are the focus of this paper. WiMAX works as a wireless metropolitan area network (MAN) technology, based on IEEE 802.16 specifications, which was designed to provide high-throughput wireless broadband connections (up to 70 Mbps for fixed scheme and up to 15 Mbps for mobile scheme) over long distances (up to 30 miles) , which is described as a "framework for the evolution of wireless broadband". The main focus of the authentication and authorization is based on the privacy key management $extensible authentication protocol for pairwise key manegement "EAP-PKM" and the accounting issue

Keywords

WiMax; authorisation; broadband networks; cryptography; message authentication; IEEE 802.16 specifications; WiMAX; accounting schemes; authentication scheme; authorization scheme; extensible authentication protocol; pairwise key management; privacy key management; wireless broadband connections; wireless metropolitan area network; worldwide interoperability for microwave access; Authentication; Authorization; Bandwidth; Cryptographic protocols; Privacy; Quality of service; Security; WiMAX; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electro/information Technology, 2006 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

East Lansing, MI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9592-1

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-9593-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EIT.2006.252118

Filename

4017696