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3.1.6 PKMv2 Authentication Protocols
To avoid an MitM attack and to introduce mutual authentication, IEEE 802.16e
proposed PKMv2, in which one additional message is added at the end of the origi-
nal authentication protocol of PKM in IEEE 802.16 (also referred to as PKMv2). In
fact, there are three optional protocols for an X.509 certificate: one-way, two-way,
and three-way authentication. Although the original IEEE 802.16 (PKMvl) authen-
tication protocol involves two messages, it is still a one-way authentication, because
it only provides the SS certificate to the BS. SEN XU version can be regarded
as t