LTE Security, Second Edition

LTE Security, Second Edition

Released December 2012
Publisher(s): Wiley
ISBN: 9781118355589

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Book description

A concise, updated guide to the 3GPP LTE Security Standardization specifications

A welcome Revised Edition of the successful LTE Security addressing the security architecture for SAE/LTE, which is based on elements of the security architectures for GSM and 3G, but which needed a major redesign due to the significantly increased complexity, and different architectural and business requirements of fourth generation systems. The authors explain in detail the security mechanisms employed to meet these requirements. The specifications generated by standardization bodies only inform about how to implement the system (and this only to the extent required for interoperability), but almost never inform readers about why things are done the way they are. Furthermore, specifications tend to be readable only for a small group of experts and lack the context of the broader picture. The book fills this gap by providing first hand information from insiders who participated in decisively shaping SAE/LTE security in the relevant standardization body, 3GPP, and can therefore explain the rationale for design decisions in this area.

  • A concise, fully updated guide to the 3GPP LTE Security Standardization specifications

  • Describes the essential elements of LTE and SAE Security, written by leading experts who participated in decisively shaping SAE/LTE security in the relevant standardization body, 3GPP

  • Explains the rationale behind the standards specifications giving readers a broader understanding of the context to these specifications

  • Includes new chapters covering 3GPP work on system enhancements for MTC, plus application layer security in ETSI TC M2M and embedded smart card in ETSI SCP; Security for Machine-type Communication, Relay Node Security, and Future Challenges, including Voice over LTE, MTC, Home base stations, LIPA/SIPTO, and New Cryptographic Algorithms

Essential reading for System engineers, developers and people in technical sales working in the area of LTE and LTE security, communication engineers and software developers in mobile communication field.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Preface
  5. Foreword to the First Edition
  6. Acknowledgements
    1. Copyright Acknowledgements
  7. Chapter 1: Overview of the Book
  8. Chapter 2: Background
    1. 2.1 Evolution of Cellular Systems
    2. 2.2 Basic Security Concepts
    3. 2.3 Basic Cryptographic Concepts
    4. 2.4 Introduction to LTE Standardization
    5. 2.5 Notes on Terminology and Specification Language
  9. Chapter 3: GSM Security
    1. 3.1 Principles of GSM Security
    2. 3.2 The Role of the SIM
    3. 3.3 Mechanisms of GSM Security
    4. 3.4 GSM Cryptographic Algorithms
  10. Chapter 4: Third-Generation Security (UMTS)
    1. 4.1 Principles of Third-Generation (3G) Security
    2. 4.2 Third-Generation Security Mechanisms
    3. 4.3 Third-Generation Cryptographic Algorithms
    4. 4.4 Interworking between GSM and 3G Security
    5. 4.5 Network Domain Security
    6. 4.6 Architectures with RNCs in Exposed Locations
  11. Chapter 5: 3G–WLAN Interworking
    1. 5.1 Principles of 3G–WLAN Interworking
    2. 5.2 Security Mechanisms of 3G–WLAN Interworking
    3. 5.3 Cryptographic Algorithms for 3G–WLAN Interworking
  12. Chapter 6: EPS Security Architecture
    1. 6.1 Overview and Relevant Specifications
    2. 6.2 Requirements and Features of EPS Security
    3. 6.3 Design Decisions for EPS Security
    4. 6.4 Platform Security for Base Stations
  13. Chapter 7: EPS Authentication and Key Agreement
    1. 7.1 Identification
    2. 7.2 The EPS Authentication and Key Agreement Procedure
    3. 7.3 Key Hierarchy
    4. 7.4 Security Contexts
  14. Chapter 8: EPS Protection for Signalling and User Data
    1. 8.1 Security Algorithms Negotiation
    2. 8.2 NAS Signalling Protection
    3. 8.3 AS Signalling and User Data Protection
    4. 8.4 Security on Network Interfaces
    5. 8.5 Certificate Enrolment for Base Stations
    6. 8.6 Emergency Call Handling
  15. Chapter 9: Security in Intra-LTE State Transitions and Mobility
    1. 9.1 Transitions to and from Registered State
    2. 9.2 Transitions between Idle and Connected States
    3. 9.3 Idle State Mobility
    4. 9.4 Handover
    5. 9.5 Key Change on the Fly
    6. 9.6 Periodic Local Authentication Procedure
    7. 9.7 Concurrent Run of Security Procedures
  16. Chapter 10: EPS Cryptographic Algorithms
    1. 10.1 Null Algorithms
    2. 10.2 Ciphering Algorithms
    3. 10.3 Integrity Algorithms
    4. 10.4 Key Derivation Algorithms
  17. Chapter 11: Interworking Security between EPS and Other Systems
    1. 11.1 Interworking with GSM and 3G Networks
    2. 11.2 Interworking with Non-3GPP Networks
  18. Chapter 12: Security for Voice over LTE
    1. 12.1 Methods for Providing Voice over LTE
    2. 12.2 Security Mechanisms for Voice over LTE
    3. 12.3 Rich Communication Suite and Voice over LTE
  19. Chapter 13: Security for Home Base Station Deployment
    1. 13.1 Security Architecture, Threats and Requirements
    2. 13.2 Security Features
    3. 13.3 Security Procedures Internal to the Home Base Station
    4. 13.4 Security Procedures between Home Base Station and Security Gateway
    5. 13.5 Security Aspects of Home Base Station Management
    6. 13.6 Closed Subscriber Groups and Emergency Call Handling
    7. 13.7 Support for Subscriber Mobility
  20. Chapter 14: Relay Node Security
    1. 14.1 Overview of Relay Node Architecture
    2. 14.2 Security Solution
  21. Chapter 15: Security for Machine-Type Communications
    1. 15.1 Security for MTC at the Application Level
    2. 15.2 Security for MTC at the 3GPP Network Level
    3. 15.3 Security for MTC at the Credential Management Level
  22. Chapter 16: Future Challenges
    1. 16.1 Near-Term Outlook
    2. 16.2 Far-Term Outlook
  23. Abbreviations
  24. References
  25. Index

Product information

  • Title: LTE Security, Second Edition
  • Author(s):
  • Release date: December 2012
  • Publisher(s): Wiley
  • ISBN: 9781118355589