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What is Third and Fourth Generation (3G/4G)

Chapter 23
Handbook of Research on Wireless Security
3G/4G cellular networks are used in the context of mobile standards. The services associated with 3G are capable of transferring both voice and non-voice data simultaneously. Though not official yet, the 4G, however, will be fully IP-based converging wired and wireless access technologies. It is expected to reach bandwidth within a few hundred mega bit per second offering E2E QoS.1
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End-to-End Security Comparisons Between IEEE 802.16e and 3G Technologies
Sasan Adibi (University of Waterloo, Canada) and Gordon B. Agnew (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-899-4.ch023
Abstract
Security measures of mobile infrastructures have always been important from the early days of the creation of cellular networks. Nowadays, however, the traditional security schemes require a more fundamental approach to cover the entire path from the mobile user to the server. This fundamental approach is so-called end-to-end (E2E) security coverage. The main focus of this chapter is to discuss such architectures for IEEE 802.16e (Mobile-WiMAX) and major third generation (3G) cellular networks. The E2E implementations usually contain a complete set of algorithms, protocol enhancements (mutual identification, authentications, and authorization), including the very large-scale integration (VLSI) implementations. This chapter discusses various proposals at the protocol level.
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