UMTS authentication and key agreement : a comprehensive illustration of AKA procedures within theUMTS system

2001

Masteroppgave i informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi 2001 - Høgskolen i Agder, Grimstad This report will give information on the 3rd generation mobile communication system, UMTS, its Authentication and Key Agreement (AKA) procedures and security aspects. It will also describe the ‘UMTS AKA Illustrator’ which is an animation program we have created to explain the AKA procedures. The AKA procedure is the essence of authenticating a user to the network and vice versa. This is possible due to the pre-shared secret key K stored in the Authentication Centre (AuC) and in the UMTS Subscriber Identity Module (USIM). The other parameters are derived from this key. During an AKA procedure, message…