University of Hertfordshire Research Archive

        JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

        Browse

        All of UHRABy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitles

        Arkivum Files

        My Downloads
        View Item 
        • UHRA Home
        • University of Hertfordshire
        • PhD Theses Collection
        • View Item
        • UHRA Home
        • University of Hertfordshire
        • PhD Theses Collection
        • View Item

        New Cryptanalysis and Modelling for Wireless Networking

        View/Open
        Download fulltext (PDF, 5Mb)
        Author
        Alzaabi, Mohamed Abdulla Hasan Saif
        Attention
        2299/17115
        Abstract
        High data rates and interoperability of vender devices have made WiMAX a prime desire for use worldwide. WiMAX is based on the IEEE 802.16 standard. IEEE 802.16a, b, c & d versions were updated within three years of the first launch of WiMAX. However, during those early years reports were published that highlighted the security weaknesses of the standard. These weaknesses prompted the IEEE to issue a new version, 802.16e to tackle the security issues. Despite this security enhancement, WiMAX remains vulnerable. This research project looks at the vulnerability of WiMAX 802.16e Subscriber Station/Mobile Station authentication at the initial entry and proposes approaches to the prevention of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks at this point in order to secure the Media Access Control (MAC) layer from such threats. A new protocol has been designed and developed to provide confidentiality, authentication and integrity to WiMAX users. This new protocol is integrated with Z algorithm (an algorithm described later in this paper) to provide:  Confidentiality of management messages  Message Authentication code  ID to provide for message integrity and user authentication. A simulation package was also required, to prove that a linear load of DoS attack would disable or exhaust the capacity of the base station of a WiMAX network, as well as providing other simulation functions. The freely available simulation tool NIST (NIST IPSec (Internet Protocol Security) and IKE (Internet Key Exchange) Simulation) is oriented towards fixed network communications (NIIST, 2003). There are no other relevant simulation tools; hence the purpose of this research project is to develop a new tool to simulate WiMAX security vulnerabilities and test the new protocol.
        Publication date
        2016-04-18
        Published version
        https://doi.org/10.18745/th.17115
        https://doi.org/10.18745/th.17115
        Other links
        http://hdl.handle.net/2299/17115
        Metadata
        Show full item record

        Related items

        Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

        • Renewal through participation in Global Food Security Governance : implementing the International Food Security and Nutrition Civil Society Mechanism to the Committee on World Food Security 

          Duncan, J.; Barling, David (2012)
          The food commodity price rises from 2006 to 2008 engendered a period of political renewal and reform in the governance of global food security. The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) was designated as the main international ...
        • Towards a National Sustainable Food Security Policy : A project to map the policy interface between Food Security and Sustainable Food Supply 

          Barling, David; Sharpe, R.; Lang, T. (Centre for Food Policy, City University, London, 2008)
          Report to the Esmee Fairburn Foundation
        • Attachment Security, Self-Concept Clarity and Beliefs in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 

          May, Elizabeth (2007-10-05)
          Cognitive models of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) suggest that an ambivalent self-concept and dysfunctional beliefs play an important role in the pathogenesis of OCD. Early attachment experience is argued to be the ...
        Keep in touch

        © 2019 University of Hertfordshire

        I want to...

        • Apply for a course
        • Download a Prospectus
        • Find a job at the University
        • Make a complaint
        • Contact the Press Office

        Go to...

        • Accommodation booking
        • Your student record
        • Bayfordbury
        • KASPAR
        • UH Arts

        The small print

        • Terms of use
        • Privacy and cookies
        • Criminal Finances Act 2017
        • Modern Slavery Act 2015
        • Sitemap

        Find/Contact us

        • T: +44 (0)1707 284000
        • E: ask@herts.ac.uk
        • Where to find us
        • Parking
        • hr
        • qaa
        • stonewall
        • AMBA
        • ECU Race Charter
        • disability confident
        • AthenaSwan