The fifth generation (5G) is now widely used to access network services due to the emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) and mobile devices. To secure 5G communication, the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) organization created the 5G-Authentication and Key Agreement (AKA) protocol. Security evaluations have found a number of problems in the 5G-AKA, including a violation of perfect forward secrecy, a traceability attack, and denial of service (DoS) attacks. To address the shortcomings of 5G-AKA, several enhanced versions have been developed. However, it has been shown that either these versions are expensive or do not address security issues. Additionally, less effort is put into providing security when a user utilizes roaming mobile services while a malicious Serving Network (SN) is present. This paper introduces an authentication mechanism to handle the above issues. In addition to this, a handover mechanism is also designed for re-connection. The authentication and handover phase security assessment uses the mathematical model Real-Or-Random (ROR), AVISPA, and Scyther tool. Furthermore, the performance comparison depicts that the authentication and handover phase is more efficient than existing protocols. An assessment of the smart contract function's cost and effectiveness is also provided.
Yadav, AK, Misra, M, Braeken, A & Liyanage, M 2023, A Secure Blockchain-based Authentication and Key Agreement Protocol for 5G Roaming. in J Hu, G Min & G Wang (eds), 2023 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications, TrustCom/BigDataSE/CSE/EUC/iSCI 2023. International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1324-1331, 22nd IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications, TrustCom 2023, Exeter, United Kingdom, 1/11/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/TrustCom60117.2023.00181
Yadav, A. K., Misra, M., Braeken, A., & Liyanage, M. (2023). A Secure Blockchain-based Authentication and Key Agreement Protocol for 5G Roaming. In J. Hu, G. Min, & G. Wang (Eds.), 2023 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications, TrustCom/BigDataSE/CSE/EUC/iSCI 2023 (pp. 1324-1331). (International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/TrustCom60117.2023.00181
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title = "A Secure Blockchain-based Authentication and Key Agreement Protocol for 5G Roaming",
abstract = "The fifth generation (5G) is now widely used to access network services due to the emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) and mobile devices. To secure 5G communication, the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) organization created the 5G-Authentication and Key Agreement (AKA) protocol. Security evaluations have found a number of problems in the 5G-AKA, including a violation of perfect forward secrecy, a traceability attack, and denial of service (DoS) attacks. To address the shortcomings of 5G-AKA, several enhanced versions have been developed. However, it has been shown that either these versions are expensive or do not address security issues. Additionally, less effort is put into providing security when a user utilizes roaming mobile services while a malicious Serving Network (SN) is present. This paper introduces an authentication mechanism to handle the above issues. In addition to this, a handover mechanism is also designed for re-connection. The authentication and handover phase security assessment uses the mathematical model Real-Or-Random (ROR), AVISPA, and Scyther tool. Furthermore, the performance comparison depicts that the authentication and handover phase is more efficient than existing protocols. An assessment of the smart contract function's cost and effectiveness is also provided.",
keywords = "Authentication, AVISPA tool, Blockchain, Elliptic Curve-Cryptography (ECC), Internet of Things (IoT), ROR logic, Scyther tool",
author = "Yadav, {Awaneesh Kumar} and Manoj Misra and An Braeken and Madhusanka Liyanage",
note = "Funding Information: This work has been partly supported by European Union under CONFIDENTIAL-6G (Grant No: 101096435), and Science Foundation Ireland under CONNECT phase 2 (Grant no. 13/RC/2077 P2) projects. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 IEEE.; 22nd IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications, TrustCom 2023 ; Conference date: 01-11-2023 Through 03-11-2023",
year = "2023",
doi = "10.1109/TrustCom60117.2023.00181",
language = "English",
isbn = "9798350382006",
series = "International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "1324--1331",
editor = "Jia Hu and Geyong Min and Guojun Wang",
booktitle = "2023 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications, TrustCom/BigDataSE/CSE/EUC/iSCI 2023",
address = "United States",
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