Performance of secure SIP and LoST signaling in a Next Generation 9–1–1 testbed

Author

Desai, Unnati ; Alagesan, Sindhu ; Goulart, Ana ; Magnussen, Walt

fYear

2012

fDate

15-17 May 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Security is an important concern in Voice over IP (VoIP) applications. An approach to securing the signaling, such as the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and Location to Service Translation (LoST) messages, is to use Transport Layer Security (TLS). Several studies have measured the impact of using TLS on SIP. However, there have not been any tests on the impact of TLS or Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) on IP-based emergency calls or Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG-9-1-1). In this paper, we address the practical issues in establishing a secure framework for NG-9-1-1 with performance metrics such as call setup and server processing delays.

Keywords

Internet telephony; next generation networks; signalling protocols; telecommunication security; LoST signaling; SIP; location to service translation messages; next generation 9-1-1 testbed; session initiation protocol; telecommunication security; transport layer security; voice over IP applications; Delay; Educational institutions; Internet; Protocols; Routing; Security; Servers; LoST; NG-9–1–1; SIP; network security;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications Quality and Reliability (CQR), 2012 IEEE International Workshop Technical Committee on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1861-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CQR.2012.6267108

Filename

6267108