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Addressing security challenges in WiMAX environment

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Arif Sari,

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SIN '13: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Security of Information and Networks

Pages 454 - 456

https://doi.org/10.1145/2523514.2523586

Published: 26 November 2013 Publication History

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The primary motivation for this research is to focus on issues of WiMAX security problems and analyzes of vulnerabilities on IEEE 802.16, which is a new and promised topic in telecommunication and wireless networks. Mobile WiMAX system based on the IEEE 802.16e-2005 amendment has more improved security features than previous IEEE 802.16d-based WiMAX network system. WiMAX authentication is achieved by using public key interchange protocol privacy key management and it is supported by RSA cryptography exchange and RSA based authentication applies X.509 certificate together with RSA encryption. In this tutorial we identify potential security requirements for future WiMAX environment and propose promising security technologies to address these requirements through the integration of specific security algorithms into WiMAX environment to enhance security. We expect this call for interest to motivate planning for evolution of 802.16e against security challenges.

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SIN '13: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Security of Information and Networks

November 2013

483 pages

ISBN:9781450324984

DOI:10.1145/2523514

General Chairs:
Atilla Elçi
Aksaray University, Turkey
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Manoj Singh Gaur
Malaviya National Institute of Technology, India
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Mehmet A. Orgun
Macquarie University, Australia
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Oleg B. Makarevich
Southern Federal University, Russia

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