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http://dx.doi.org/10.13089/JKIISC.2013.23.5.885

An Group-based Security Protocol for Machine Type Communications in LTE-Advanced  

Choi, Dae-Sung (SungKyunKwan University)
Choi, Hyoung-Kee (SungKyunKwan University)
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Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology / v.23, no.5, 2013 , pp. 885-896 More about this Journal
Abstract
MTC(Machine Type Communications), providing a variety of services anytime and anywhere by connecting the cellular network to the machine and things without human intervention, is being considered as a major challenge of the next-generation communications. Currently, When a massive MTC devices simultaneously connect to the network, each MTC device needs an independent access authentication process. Because of this process, authentication signaling congestion and overload problems will cause in LTE-Advanced. In this paper, we propose a group-based authentication protocol and a key management protocol. For managing the MTC devices as group units, the proposed protocol elects a group leader and authentications only once with the core network. After the authentication is completed, a group leader manages the rest members and MME(Mobility Management Entity) by constructing a binary tree. Finally, the propose protocol analysis show that the proposed protocol not only can reduces the authentication signaling which generated in between the MTC devices and the core network but also can manages the MTC devices, efficiently.
Keywords
machine type communications (MTC); 3GPP authentication and key agreement (AKA); long term evolution-advanced (LTE-Advanced); group key management;
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