DocumentCode :
1063595
Title :
Heterogeneous communications enabled by cellular operators
Author :
Danzeisen, Marc ; Braun, Torsten ; Rodellar, Daniel ; Winiker, Simon
Author_Institution :
Swisscom AG, Bern
Volume :
1
Issue :
1
fYear :
2006
fDate :
3/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
23
Lastpage :
30
Abstract :
How can secure data communication between two users not knowing each other be achieved? In this paper we show that it is possible to perform such a secured communication using a user friendly setup with help of a cellular network. The main contribution of this paper is to present a secure connection between two users on whatever technology (wireless LAN, Bluetooth, etc) with an easy installation and setup reusing a cellular network. We describe a novel architecture to enable user friendly establishment of a secure communication among mobile devices to share data using different wireless technologies like wireless LAN, Bluetooth, cellular systems or even infrared. Making use of these technology combinations for data transmission and using the cellular network for signaling, we analyze several scenarios with increasing complexity. The complete picture appears in the last scenario where several heterogeneous technologies are involved and the network is composed of heterogeneous mobile nodes. The novelty of our concept is mainly the usage of wireless WAN networks to authenticate users and exchange keys to secure the heterogeneous links between the mobile nodes
Keywords :
Bluetooth; cellular radio; message authentication; telecommunication security; wide area networks; wireless LAN; Bluetooth; cellular network; data transmission; heterogeneous technology; local area network; mobile device; secure data communication; user authentication; user friendly establishment; wide area network; wireless LAN; wireless WAN network; Cryptography; Data security; IP networks; Permission; Portable computers; Printers; Proposals; Universal Serial Bus; Wireless LAN; Wireless networks;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Vehicular Technology Magazine, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1556-6072
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MVT.2006.1663948
Filename :
1663948
Link To Document :
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