Title :
Location, identity and wireless fraud detection
Author_Institution :
Wireless Secure Commun. Lab., Lucent Technol., Whippany, NJ, USA
Abstract :
The detection of fraud in wireless systems is made easier when the network is continuously aware of the location of mobile handsets. For existing cellular systems, location awareness requires handsets to be powered on. We explore ways to exploit the autonomous registration capabilities of handsets in order to detect the presence of illegitimate clones. Throughout the paper, location awareness is used as a new paradigm for organizing new and existing fraud detection techniques
Keywords :
cellular radio; cryptography; fraud; land mobile radio; protocols; radio networks; tracking; cellular systems; cryptographic protocols; home location register; illegitimate clones; location awareness; mobile handsets location; mobile switching center; visitor location register; wireless fraud detection; wireless network; Authentication; Base stations; Cloning; Communication system security; Communications technology; Databases; Mobile communication; Mobile radio mobility management; Telephone sets; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Personal Wireless Communications, 1997 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mumbai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4298-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICPWC.1997.655573
