Security scenarios within IP-based mobile multimedia metropolitan area network

Author

Zhang, Liang ; Lambertsen, Gaute ; Yamada, Takahiko

Author_Institution

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

Volume

3

fYear

2003

fDate

1-5 Dec. 2003

Firstpage

1522

Abstract

Mobile multimedia metropolitan area network (MM-MAN) is proposed to offer high-bit-rate IP-based communications for high-mobility terminals inside metropolitan areas. To offer high-level security for users, a VPN Agent is located in the MM-MAN access network, and a VPN server is located at the MM-MAN user´s home network. This paper proposes several alternative security scenarios to fulfill the security requirements of the MM-MAN in such a hybrid environment. Virtual private network (VPN) is set up to encrypt the privacy, and network address translation (NAT) is conducted to translate between user´s original IP address within the home network and private IP address within the MM-MAN. we also give a quantitative analysis of the overhead ratio per packet in each scenario and compare the efficiency of all scenarios. We conclude that private IP address with NAT at the VPN Agent scenario is a feasible scheme.

Keywords

cryptography; data privacy; metropolitan area networks; mobile radio; multimedia communication; packet radio networks; radio access networks; telecommunication security; transport protocols; virtual private networks; IP packet; IP-based mobile multimedia metropolitan area network; VPN agent; VPN server; access network; data privacy; encryption; mobility terminal; network address translation; network security; overhead ratio; private IP address; quantitative analysis; user home network; virtual private network; Cryptography; Home automation; Metropolitan area networks; Mobile communication; Multimedia systems; Network address translation; Network servers; Privacy; Urban areas; Virtual private networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 2003. GLOBECOM '03. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7974-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.2003.1258492

Filename

1258492