^ Analysis of 2G and 3G Mobile Security R. Campbell,* M. D. Mickunas, J. Al-Muhtadi, R. Bansal Motorola, RPS #15 roy@cs.uiuc.edu
Wireless communication technologies are advancing rapidly. We are on the verge of a new revolutionary advancement in wireless communications: the 3rd Generation of mobile telecommunications. Wireless data, multimedia applications, and integrated services will be among the major driving forces for 3G. However, security of the wireless link is still a concern. In addition to regular security threats for data in wired networks, wireless communications rely on open and public transmission media that may raise additional security vulnerabilities. The goals of this project are to explore existing and proposed authentication and encryption mechanisms for mobile communications and to analyze the impact upon performance imposed by the deployment of these mechanisms under different quality of protection and traffic scenarios, particularly with reference to 2G and 3G mobile systems. This project involves building a model for simulating wireless communications using OPNET Modeler and analyzing the results obtained from the use of various encryption and authentication mechanisms under different scenarios.
