3G Wireless

Security
By: Bill Barker

Overview

What is 3G Wireless?
HSPA
Feistel Encryption/Decryption
KASUMI
Future Advances/4G

What is 3G Wireless?

3G is the third generation of mobile

phone standards

3G is intended for smartphones

Blackberry
iPhone
Etc.

What is 3G cont.

3G increased bandwidth and transfer

rates
Web-based applications
Phone-based audio and video files

3Gs uses:
Sending and receiving large multimedia files
Downloading info from the internet
E-mail

What is 3G cont.

3Gs uses continued:

Video Conferencing
Streaming video for the Web
Sending and receiving faxes

December 2007: 190 3G networks in

40 countries with 200 million
customers, only 6% of the 3 billion
mobile phone customers

HSPA

HSPA - High Speed Packet Access

HSDPA - High Speed Downlink Packet
Access
HSUPA - High Speed Uplink Packet Access

HSPA:
Increases peak data rates
Provides more system capacity
Reduces latency

HSDPA

Peak data rate of 14 Mbps vs. 1.8

Mbps

Download large files 20x faster

5x system capacity

HSUPA

Peak data rate of 5.8 Mbps vs. 0.73

Mbps

Upload large files 10x faster

2x system capacity

HSPA

Increased system capacity makes it

cheaper for service provider to offer
service

Latency reduced from 70 ms to 50

ms

Gives user faster responses in

applications

Feistel Encryption

Encryption
Plaintext split in half
Sub-key applied with function F
Output XOR
Two halves switched
Repeated
After last round halves not switched

Feistel Encryption

Feistel Decryption

Decryption
Ciphertext split in half
Sub-key applied with function F in
reverse
Output XOR
Two halves switched
Repeated
After last round halves not switched

Feistel Decryption

KASUMI

Encryption used for confidentiality

and integrity in 3G mobile devices

Hardware based encryption

Feistel structure with 8 rounds

KASUMI

64-bit data blocks

128-bit encryption key

64-bit ciphertext

Future Advances/4G

Fully IP-based

Higher speeds - 100 Mbps 1 Gbps

Verizon LTE

Sprint/Nextel - WiMAX

LTE

LTE Long Term Evolution

Peak Data Rates:

Downlink 100 Mbps, Uplink 50 Mbps

Latency 5 ms

Projected for 2010 - 2012

WiMAX

WiMAX World Interoperability for

Microwave Access (IEEE 802.16)

Peak Data Rate 70 Mbps

Range 30 miles from base station

WiMAX Cont.

Vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle attacks

No base station authentication

Vulnerable to DoS attacks

Available in some areas currently

Baltimore
Washington DC

Recap

What is 3G?
HSPA
HSDPA 14 Mbps
HSUPA 5.8 Mbps
Latency 70 ms to 50 ms

Feistel Encryption/Decryption
KASUMI

8 round Feistel

Recap Cont.

Future Advances/4G
LTE 100 Mbps
WiMAX 70 Mbps

Questions?