A lightweight and secure handover authentication scheme for 5G network using neighbour base stations

The emerge of fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks has started a new era of the development of wireless mobile networks. Security of the 5G wireless networks is the major concern when they are deployed for commercial applications. The third-generation partnership project (3GPP) has specified the...

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Main Authors: Yan, Xiaobei, Ma, Maode
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1604912022-07-25T07:06:29Z A lightweight and secure handover authentication scheme for 5G network using neighbour base stations Yan, Xiaobei Ma, Maode School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering 5G Network Handover Authentication The emerge of fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks has started a new era of the development of wireless mobile networks. Security of the 5G wireless networks is the major concern when they are deployed for commercial applications. The third-generation partnership project (3GPP) has specified the security functionality of 5G wireless in its standard release 16. However, it is prone to different attacks such as Denial of Service (DoS) attacks and false base-station attacks. Particularly, secure handover becomes a critical issue in the operation of the 5G mobile networks. In the paper, we propose an efficient and secure handover authentication protocol using the Chinese remainder theory at neighbour base stations, gNodeBs (gNBs) for secure handovers. The security of the proposal is formally evaluated to demonstrate its ability against various malicious attacks. The performance of the proposed scheme in terms of the delay incurred and energy consumption is evaluated by using JAVA simulation. The results obtained show that our scheme is secure and efficient with relatively low energy consumption, which is suitable for devices in high-speed movements. 2022-07-25T07:06:29Z 2022-07-25T07:06:29Z 2021 Journal Article Yan, X. & Ma, M. (2021). A lightweight and secure handover authentication scheme for 5G network using neighbour base stations. Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 193, 103204-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnca.2021.103204 1084-8045 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160491 10.1016/j.jnca.2021.103204 2-s2.0-85114937484 193 103204 en Journal of Network and Computer Applications © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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topic Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering
5G Network
Handover Authentication
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5G Network
Handover Authentication
Yan, Xiaobei
Ma, Maode
A lightweight and secure handover authentication scheme for 5G network using neighbour base stations
description The emerge of fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks has started a new era of the development of wireless mobile networks. Security of the 5G wireless networks is the major concern when they are deployed for commercial applications. The third-generation partnership project (3GPP) has specified the security functionality of 5G wireless in its standard release 16. However, it is prone to different attacks such as Denial of Service (DoS) attacks and false base-station attacks. Particularly, secure handover becomes a critical issue in the operation of the 5G mobile networks. In the paper, we propose an efficient and secure handover authentication protocol using the Chinese remainder theory at neighbour base stations, gNodeBs (gNBs) for secure handovers. The security of the proposal is formally evaluated to demonstrate its ability against various malicious attacks. The performance of the proposed scheme in terms of the delay incurred and energy consumption is evaluated by using JAVA simulation. The results obtained show that our scheme is secure and efficient with relatively low energy consumption, which is suitable for devices in high-speed movements.
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Yan, Xiaobei
Ma, Maode
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author Yan, Xiaobei
Ma, Maode
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title A lightweight and secure handover authentication scheme for 5G network using neighbour base stations
title_short A lightweight and secure handover authentication scheme for 5G network using neighbour base stations
title_full A lightweight and secure handover authentication scheme for 5G network using neighbour base stations
title_fullStr A lightweight and secure handover authentication scheme for 5G network using neighbour base stations
title_full_unstemmed A lightweight and secure handover authentication scheme for 5G network using neighbour base stations
title_sort lightweight and secure handover authentication scheme for 5g network using neighbour base stations
publishDate 2022
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160491
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