A secure communication architecture for GSM networks

Author

Lo, Chi-Chun ; Chen, Yu-Jen

Author_Institution

Inst. of Inf. Manage., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

221

Lastpage

224

Abstract

With the advance of wireless communications technology, mobile communications has become more convenient than ever. However, because of the openness of wireless communications, how to protect the privacy between communication parties is becoming a very important issue. In this paper, we focus on the security of the Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) networks. A secure communication architecture for the GSM network is proposed. In the proposed architecture, we use public-key cryptography for user authentication and a stream cipher for message encryption and decryption. This architecture significantly improves the security of today´s GSM networks

Keywords

cellular radio; cryptography; message authentication; public key cryptography; telecommunication security; GSM networks; Global System for Mobile communication; message decryption; message encryption; mobile communications; privacy; public-key cryptography; secure communication architecture; stream cipher; user authentication; wireless communications; Authentication; Communication system security; Data security; GSM; Information management; Mobile communication; Privacy; Protection; Public key cryptography; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, 1999 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Victoria, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5582-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PACRIM.1999.799517

Filename

799517