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Investigating Various Possible Attacks and Vulnerabilties in LTE

A. Ahlawat1 , S. Kumar2

  1. Electronics and Communication, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, MDU, Rohtak, India.
  2. Electronics and Communication, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, MDU, Rohtak, India.

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Volume-6 , Issue-3 , Page no. 389-395, Mar-2018

CrossRef-DOI:   https://doi.org/10.26438/ijcse/v6i3.389395

Online published on Mar 30, 2018

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@article{Ahlawat_2018,
author = {A. Ahlawat, S. Kumar},
title = {Investigating Various Possible Attacks and Vulnerabilties in LTE},
journal = {International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering},
issue_date = {3 2018},
volume = {6},
Issue = {3},
month = {3},
year = {2018},
issn = {2347-2693},
pages = {389-395},
url = {https://www.ijcseonline.org/full_paper_view.php?paper_id=1814},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.26438/ijcse/v6i3.389395}
publisher = {IJCSE, Indore, INDIA},
}

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AU - A. Ahlawat, S. Kumar
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Abstract

This paper provides a comprehensive study of vulnerabilities and various possible attacks associated with LTE. According to reports released by GSMA, association of mobile operators, the number of cell phone users globally will surpass five billion by the middle of this year. With this rapid increase in the number of users, security of cellular network is of utmost importance. In order to ruggedize the security mechanism of cellular networks it is first essential to deeply analyse the vulnerabilities and threats. This paper surveys the attacks and vulnerabilities and provide classification and categorization of attacks in LTE.

Key-Words / Index Term

UMTS (Universal Mobile Terrestrial System), LTE (Long Term Evolution), DoS (Denial of Service), MITM (Man In The Middle), IP address (Internet Protocol), MAC address (Medium Access Control), AKA (Authentication and Key Agreement), ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol), EPS (Evolved Packet System), 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Projects), WLA

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