Title: Anonymous authentication scheme for wireless communications

Authors: Jung-San Lee, Chin-Chen Chang, Pen-Yi Chang, Chin-Chen Chang

Addresses: Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi 621, Taiwan, ROC. ' Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi 621, Taiwan, ROC. ' Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi 621, Taiwan, ROC. ' Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, Feng Chia University, Taichung 40724, Taiwan

Abstract: Since, wireless networks make mobile users free from tethers that bind them to fixed places, research topics referred to mobile communications recently become popular. The exposure of signal transmission, however, leads to serious security problems in wireless channels. Engineers must be concerned about illegal attacks such as delusive behaviour and eavesdropping when designing network systems. Furthermore, limitations of mobile devices are also crucial challenges to contrive systems. Hence we propose an efficient method for validating the legitimacy of mobile users. Specifically, our scheme preserves the property of anonymity so that the intruder cannot track the movement history of mobile subscribers.

Keywords: anonymity; anonymous authentication; mobility; attacks; delusive behaviour; eavesdropping; wireless communications; mobile communications; wireless networks; security.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2007.013941

International Journal of Mobile Communications, 2007 Vol.5 No.5, pp.590 - 601

Published online: 04 Jun 2007 *

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