Security Implications and Considerations for Femtocells

Authors

  • Jing Chen Huawei Technologies, 400 Crossings Blvd, 2FL Bridgewater, NJ 08807, USA
  • Marcus Wong Huawei Technologies, 400 Crossings Blvd, 2FL Bridgewater, NJ 08807, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/jcsm2245-1439.112

Keywords:

3GPP, cellular, femtocells, security

Abstract

A Femto system is able to provide new services with higher data rate at relatively lower cost than traditional cellular system. Operators have already indicated their interest in this area and the number of deployments is ever increasing. Security is a critical part of Femto in all aspects of the operation of Femto services. In this paper, we analyze the security of Femto based on 3GPP system architecture. In addition, we will look into the details of other security aspects of Femto system, including security requirement and security mechanism.

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Author Biographies

Jing Chen, Huawei Technologies, 400 Crossings Blvd, 2FL Bridgewater, NJ 08807, USA

Jing Chen is a member of the senior research in the wireless security group in Huawei’s Shanghai Research Center.He received Master in Xi’dian University, Xi’an, China. After a brief stay in ZTE Corporation, he has since been with Huawei Technologies for about 8 years. He has worked in wireless security area since the early 2000’s. His current research interests include security of wireless system, IP transport security, trusted computing, etc. He has extensive involvement in various standardization activities in both CCSA TC8 and 3GPP SA3. He currently is the serving vice-chairman of WG2 (Wireless Security Working group) within TC8 of CCSA.

Marcus Wong, Huawei Technologies, 400 Crossings Blvd, 2FL Bridgewater, NJ 08807, USA

Marcus Wong is in theWireless Advanced Research & Standards organization of Huawei North America R&D center. He joined Huawei in 2007 and has been focusing on various aspects of research and standardization in 3GPP and WiMAX Forum security area. Marcus is also active in theWirelessWorld Research Forum, contributing to various projects within WWRF. Before joining Huawei, Marcus had spent 15 years in the telecommunication industry with both Bell Laboratories and Samsung’s Advanced Institute of Technology covering many aspects of the security in wireless systems, including that of 2G/3G cellular networks, Personal Area Networks, and satellite communication systems. He was previously the vice-chairman of 3GPP SA3 (Security Group) from November 2009 to December 2011 and is currently the serving vice-chairman of WWRF WG7 (Security & Trust Working group), a position he has held since 2007.

References

3GPP TS 33.320 v0.2.0: “3GPP Security Aspect of Home NodeB and Home eNodeB; Release 9”.

The Hacker’s Choice, http://wiki.thc.org/vodafone.

Ravishankar Borgaonkar, Nico Golde, Kévin Redon: “Femtocells: a Poisonous Needle in the Operator’s Hay Stack”, August, 2011

IETF RFC 4187: “Extensible Authentication Protocol Method for 3rd Generation Authentication and Key Agreement (EAP-AKA)”.

IETF RFC 4306: “Internet Key Exchange (IKEv2) Protocol”.

IETF RFC 4739: “Multiple Authentication Exchanges in the Internet Key Exchange”, November 2006.

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Published

2012-01-10

How to Cite

1.
Chen J, Wong M. Security Implications and Considerations for Femtocells. JCSANDM [Internet]. 2012 Jan. 10 [cited 2024 Apr. 25];1(1):21-36. Available from: https://journals.riverpublishers.com/index.php/JCSANDM/article/view/6063

Issue

2012: Vol 1 Iss 1

Section

Articles