Providing Security challenges in 4G Systems
Dhiraj D. Shirbhate, Snehal G. Ingole · 2013
Several research groups are working on designing new security architectures for 4G networks such as Hokey and Y-Comm. Since designing an efficient security module requires a clear identification of potential threats, this paper attempts to outline the security challenges in 4G networks. A good way to achieve this is by investigating the possibility of extending current security mechanisms to 4G networks. The results show that due to the fact that 4G is an open, heterogeneous and IP-based environment, it will suffer from new security threats as well as inherent ones. In order to address these threats without affecting 4G dynamics, we propose an integrated security module to protect data and security models to target security on different entities and hence protecting not only the data but, also resources, servers and users.