Security Vulnerabilities and Solutions in Mobile WiMAX
Andreas Deininger, Shinsaku Kiyomoto, Jun Kurihara, Toshiaki Tanaka · 2007
This article shows different security vulnerabilities found in IEEE 802.16e and gives possible solutions to eliminate them. These vulnerabilities are the possibilities to forge key messages in Multi- and Broadcast operation, some unauthenticated messages which are susceptible to forgery and the unencrypted management communication which reveals important management information. Keywords: IEEE 802.16e security, multi- and broadcast service, shared key vulnerability, hash chaining solution