A J-PAKE based solution for secure authentication in a 4G network
Cristina-Elena Vintilă, Victor-Valeriu Patriciu, Ion Bica · International Conference on Electronics, Hardware, Wireless and Optical Communications · 2011
4G architecture is the latest 3GPP development when it comes to mobile networks design and optimization. Designed initially for data, but having a flexible architecture, 4G is capable of integrating IMS, this way bringing in voice and services. 3GPP wanted to facilitate the migration from 3G and non-3GPP solutions to the 4G design, therefore the core network components of 4G are capable of interacting with 3G core network devices, provided these ones have a interoperability feature. This way, even 3G or non-3GPP devices are capable of using the 4G services. Nevertheless, one of the biggest issues when interoperating these solutions and devices are the security aspects. This paper reviews some of the most common access methods and proposes a solution for having a more secure 4G authentication process, with regards to both 4G/3G mobiles authentication, but also with regards to non-3GPP mobile device authentication.