A Novel Denial of Service Vulnerability in Long Term Evolution Cellular Networks

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dc.contributor.authorLong, James
dc.contributor.authorRoth, John
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-03T01:01:49Z
dc.date.available2019-01-03T01:01:49Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-08
dc.description.abstractCurrently many cellular networks operate using the Long Term Evolution (LTE) protocol. Therefore, most mobile subscribers interact with LTE on a daily basis, and thus are affected by the security standards and mechanisms it implements. Here, we propose a vulnerability within the LTE protocol: the mobility management control signaling, which dictates how a user equipment (UE) synchronizes with an enhanced Node-B (eNodeB) to prevent intersymbol interference. Presented are the implications and the overall effects on the bit error rate (BER) of falsified signaling which forces a UE to incorrectly advance or delay its uplink timing. Specifically, we derive a lower bound on the BER for UE that is subjected to the aforementioned signaling. Our simulation results show that a non-zero BER can be guaranteed regardless of noise conditions. Finally, we propose encryption of this signaling to prevent such an attack.
dc.format.extent7 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2019.905
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-2-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/60188
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectWireless Networks
dc.subjectSoftware Technology
dc.subjectintersymbol interference, denial of service vulnerability, lte, symbol error rate
dc.titleA Novel Denial of Service Vulnerability in Long Term Evolution Cellular Networks
dc.typeConference Paper
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