Wimax Security: Solutions For Secure 802.16

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Data security has become a major issue in most network protocols. This is due to the increasing importance of information. Due to this importance, different security protocols were designed, and deployed with network standards in order to add the security. This publicaton addresses the security protocols defined by one of the modern wireless communication standards, the Broadband Wireless Access, commonly known as WiMAX, a fast evolving technology that is used to form wide range wireless networks with dramatically high data rate of information transfer.

WiMAX opens the door to thousands of applications that make use of the solid wireless backbone to connect people together. With the high data rate, applications will include video transfer, voice calls, and many other services. All those types of applications will require a solid secure medium to operate and exchange information safely. This is what the IEEE decided to add to the WiMAX standard in its both versions - fixed and mobile broadband wireless access. This publication contains information about security schemes defined by IEEE, including authorization, data authentication ...
... and data security. It covers these topics from the implementation point of view by giving information about implementing those different types of protocols into a WiMAX subscriber/base station system.

Key Findings

Importance of WiMAX Security
Standards of WiMAX Security
WiMAX Security architecture
What is Public Key Management (PKM) Protocol?
PKM version 1 Authentication, Security Associations, Authorization Management and Traffic Encryption Keys Management
PKM version 2 Authentication, Security Associations, Authorization Management and Traffic Encryption Keys Management
RSA-based authorization. Theory, Advantages, and Disadvantages
Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP). Theory, Advantages, and Disadvantages
Cryptography algorithms and standards used in WiMAX Security
How WiMAX services are protected from being theft
Detection of hackers and network attackers
X.509 digital certificate usage, how to obtain, and verification
Public Key Infrastructure usage within WiMAX Security
How to establish a secure conference meeting over WiMAX network
How to secure Multicast and Broadcast connections
Target Audience

Software and hardware developers of WiMAX solutions
Vendors of WiMAX devices that wish to develop certified WiMAX devices
Network Security developers working on development of new security protocols
Cryptography software and hardware developers working on developing advanced cryptographic modules and libraries

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