• DocumentCode
    799800
  • Title

    A Key Caching Mechanism for Reducing WiMAX Authentication Cost in Handoff

  • Author

    Hsu, Shih-Feng ; Lin, Yi-Bing

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
  • Volume
    58
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    4507
  • Lastpage
    4513
  • Abstract
    The IEEE 802.1X is utilized in mobile Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) authentication. This procedure incurs a long delay in WiMAX handoff. To resolve this issue, this paper proposes a key caching mechanism to eliminate the nonnecessary IEEE 802.1X authentication cost in WiMAX handoff. This mechanism is investigated through analytic and simulation modeling. Our study indicates that the key caching scheme can effectively speed up the handoff process.
  • Keywords
    WiMax; costing; WiMAX; authentication cost; key caching mechanism; microwave access; mobile worldwide interoperability; Authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA); handoff; mobile Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9545
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TVT.2009.2022079
  • Filename
    4907104