A lightweight VPN connection in the mobile multimedia metropolitan area network

Author

Yamada, Takahiko ; Gong, Xin ; Zhang, Liang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Ritsumeikan Univ., Kusatsu, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

26-29 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

1106

Abstract

This work presents a moving office service which allows roaming users to access their remote private LAN even as they are driving quickly. In this paper, the authors address this kind of service in the MM-MAN (mobile multimedia metropolitan area network) which is an IP-based microcellular network deployed along the main roads in the metropolitan area. A lightweight virtual private network (VPN) scheme is proposed for protecting the packet transmission from various attacks especially in the wireless network. Compared with the heavy burden and complexity of IP security, a low layer tunnel and hiding of IP address as two primary means can provide the secure remote access with lightweight cost on the mobile devices and wireless link. The proposed security scheme can be employed as an alternative choice to the present mobile VPN services.

Keywords

business communication; metropolitan area networks; microcellular radio; multimedia communication; packet radio networks; telecommunication security; virtual private networks; wireless LAN; IP address hiding; IP-based microcellular network; MM-MAN; lightweight VPN connection; low layer tunnel; main roads; mobile multimedia metropolitan area network; moving office service; packet transmission protection; remote private LAN; roaming users; virtual private network; Communication system security; Costs; Local area networks; Metropolitan area networks; Protection; Roads; Roaming; Urban areas; Virtual private networks; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications and Information Technology, 2004. ISCIT 2004. IEEE International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8593-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCIT.2004.1413891

Filename

1413891