Analysis and evaluation of covert channels over LTE advanced

Author

Rezaei, Fatemeh ; Hempel, Michael ; Dongming Peng ; Yi Qian ; Sharif, Hamid

fYear

2013

fDate

7-10 April 2013

Firstpage

1903

Lastpage

1908

Abstract

In this paper, we have investigated Covert Channels in 3GPP LTE-A (Long Term Evolution-Advanced) for identifying headers and extension fields where covert data can be hidden in covert communications. We also discuss the covert channel capacity for LTE-A where the specific fields in the headers of the MAC (Medium Access Control), RLC (Radio Link Control) and PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol) layers are analyzed. We review different scenarios of channel coding rate, modulation schemes and channel bandwidths and present our results.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; Long Term Evolution; access protocols; channel capacity; channel coding; modulation; radio links; 3GPP LTE-A; Long Term Evolution-advanced; MAC; PDCP; RLC; channel bandwidth; channel coding rate; covert channel capacity; covert communication; covert data; header identification; medium access control; modulation scheme; packet data convergence protocol; radio link control; Bandwidth; Data communication; Media Access Protocol; Modulation; PD control; Tin; Covert Channel; E-UTRAN Release 10; Hidden Information; LTE-A;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Shanghai

ISSN

1525-3511

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5938-2

Electronic_ISBN

1525-3511

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCNC.2013.6554855

Filename

6554855