An Improved Authentication and Key Agreement Protocol of 3GAuthentication and Key Agreement Protocol • May 24th, 2016
Contract Type FiledMay 24th, 2016Abstract - With the development of mobile communication network, the requirements of mobile users for data services are higher and higher, which makes data service become more diversiform and various service providers appear on after the other. As a result, data services increasingly become the main service in mobile network. The Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) is one of the new ‘third generation’ (3G) mobile cellular communication systems being developed within the framework defined by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) known as IMT- 20001.UMTS aims to provide a broadband, packet-based service for transmitting video, text, digitized voice, and multimedia at data rates of up to 2 Mbps while remaining cost effective. The AKA procedure is the essence of authenticating a user to the network and vice versa. AKA procedures in UMTS have increased security compared with GSM. However, during its development some security problems emerged. Although the authentica