5G AKA
5G Authentication and Key Agreement

5G-AKA is one of the techniques available in 5G for mutual authentication between the subscriber and the network, in addition to key agreement for protection of NAS, RRC and User Plane traffic. 5G AKA is similar to EAP AKA, although enhancements have been made to improve roaming security.

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