Computational Complexities and Breaches in Authentication Frameworks of Broadband Wireless Access

TL;DR

This paper analyzes vulnerabilities and computational challenges in authentication frameworks of Broadband Wireless Access networks, highlighting security breaches and limitations affecting privacy and performance.

Contribution

It unveils specific vulnerabilities in BWA authentication protocols and discusses their computational limitations and security implications.

Findings

Identified key vulnerabilities in BWA authentication protocols

Discussed computational complexities affecting security solutions

Highlighted potential privacy and performance attacks

Abstract

Secure access of communication networks has become an increasingly important area of consideration for the communication service providers of present day. Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) networks are proving to be an efficient and cost effective solution for the provisioning of high rate wireless traffic links in static and mobile domains. The secure access of these networks is necessary to ensure their superior operation and revenue efficacy. Although authentication process is a key to secure access in BWA networks, the breaches present in them limit the networks performance. In this paper, the vulnerabilities in the authentication frameworks of BWA networks have been unveiled. Moreover, this paper also describes the limitations of these protocols and of the solutions proposed to them due to the involved computational complexities and overheads. The possible attacks on privacy and performance of BWA networks have been discussed and explained in detail.