Towards securing 3G mobile phones

Author

Safavi-Naini, Rei ; Susilo, Willy ; Taban, Gelareh

Author_Institution

Centre for Comput. Security Res., Wollongong Univ., NSW, Australia

fYear

2001

fDate

10-12 Oct. 2001

Firstpage

222

Lastpage

227

Abstract

Third-generation (3G) mobile phones are capable of high data rate Internet connection and promise seamless connectivity for a free roaming user. They can provide an "always on" Internet, and make a range of services, traditionally available on desktop computers, accessible to mobile users, irrespective of their location. Providing adequate security for these phones and the services that they offer is a central concern for their acceptability and uptake. We briefly review the security of second generation mobile phones and then discuss security architecture proposed for 3G phones. The new security issues that are of importance because of the combination of their advanced capabilities and limitations are discussed.

Keywords

Internet; cellular radio; cryptography; mobile computing; telecommunication security; 3G mobile phones; Internet; encryption; high data rate connection; second generation mobile phones; security architecture; third-generation mobile phones; Australia; Authentication; Communication system security; Cryptography; GSM; Information security; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Multiaccess communication; Time division multiple access;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Networks, 2001. Proceedings. Ninth IEEE International Conference on

ISSN

1531-2216

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1187-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICON.2001.962344

Filename

962344