EAP-AKA (Extensible Authentication Protocol - Authentication and Key Agreement) - 2 hours
This module investigates the security procedures associated with the convergence of WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) and UMTS. It identifies the modifications to network architecture (Release 6) required to support the authentication of a 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project) subscriber via a WLAN access network. This includes a description of the signalling procedures on the various interfaces; Wx, Wr and D.
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The module also describes the message formats utilized to support USIM (UMTS Subscriber Identity Module) security information to be inter-worked with EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol). In addition, re-authentication is discussed as an efficient alternative to full authentication. |
