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Secure access to IP multimedia services using generic bootstrapping architecture (GBA) for 3G & beyond mobile networks

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The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) defined by Third Generation Partnership Projects (3GPP and 3GPP2) is a technology designed to provide robust multimedia services across roaming boundaries and over diverse access technologies with promising features like quality-of-service (QoS), reliability and security. The IMS defines an overlay service architecture that merges the paradigms and technologies of the Internet with the cellular and fixed telecommunication worlds. Its architecture enables the efficient provision of an open set of potentially highly integrated multimedia services, combining web browsing, email, instant messaging, presence, VoIP, video conferencing, application sharing, telephony, unified messaging, multimedia content delivery, etc. on top of possibly different network technologies. As such IMS enables various business models for providing seamless business and consumer multimedia applications. In this communication converged world, the challenging issues are security, quality of service (QoS) and management & administration. In this paper our focus is to manage secure access to multimedia services and applications based on SIP and HTTP on top of IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). These services include presence, video conferencing, messaging, video broadcasting, and push to talk etc. We will utilize Generic Bootstrapping Architecture (GBA) model to authenticate multimedia applications before accessing these multimedia services offered by IMS operators. We will make enhancement in GBA model to access these services securely by introducing Authentication Proxy (AP) which is responsible to implement Transport Layer Security (TLS) for HTTP and SIP communication. This research work is part of Secure Service Provisioning (SSP) Framework for IP Multimedia System at Fokus Fraunhofer IMS 3Gb Testbed

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Third Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects; TS 23.228 IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), Stage 2 / 3GPP2 X.S0013-002-0 v1.0, www.3gpp.org.
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ETSI TISPAN (Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for Advanced Networking) WG http://portal.etsi.org/tispan/TISPAN_ToR.asp.
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Third Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects; Generic Authentication Architecture (GAA); Generic Bootstrapping Architecture (GBA) (Release 7), 3GPP TS 33.220 V7 (2005).
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Third Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects; Generic Authentication Architecture (GAA); Access to Network Application Functions using Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Transport Layer Security (HTTPS) (Release 7), 3GPP TS 33.222 V7 (2005).
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Third Generation & Beyond (3Gb) Testbed, www.fokus.fraunhofer.de/national_host & IP Multimedia System (IMS) Playground www.fokus.fraunhofer.de/ims.
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M. Sher, T. Magedanz, "Secure Service Provisioning Framework (SSPF) for IP Multimedia System and Next Generation Mobile Networks" 3rd International Workshop in Wireless Security Technologies, London, U.K. (April 2005), IWWST'05 Proceeding (101-106), ISSN 1746-904X.
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Third Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects; 3G Security; Security Architecture (Release 6); 3GPP, TS 33.102 V6 (2004).
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M. Sher, T. Magedanz: "Network Access Security Management (NASM) Model for Next Generation Mobile Telecommunication Networks", IEEE/IFIP MATA'2005, 2nd International Workshop on Mobility Aware Technologies and Applications - Service Delivery Platforms for Next Generation Networks, Montreal, Canada, October 17-19, 2005, Proceeding Springer-Verlag LNCS 3744-0263, Berlin Heidelberg 2005, pp. 263--272. http://www.congresbcu.com/mata2005
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Third Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects; Generic Authentication Architecture (GAA); Early Implementation of HTTPS Connection between a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) and Network Application Function (NAF) (Release 7), 3GPP TR 33.918 V7 (2005).
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Third Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Core Network and Terminals; Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) Application Toolkit (USAT) (Release 7), 3GPP TS 31.111 V7 (2005).
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K. Knüttel, T. Magedanz, D. Witszek: "The IMS Playground @ Fokus ¿ an Open Testbed for Next Generation Network Multimedia Services", 1st Int. IFIP Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities (Tridentcom), Trento, Italian, February 23-25, 2005, Proceedings pp. 2--11, IBSN 0-7695-2219-x, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, California.

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      Q2SWinet '06: Proceedings of the 2nd ACM international workshop on Quality of service & security for wireless and mobile networks
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      DOI:10.1145/1163673
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      1. IP multimedia system
      2. authentication proxy
      3. generic authentication architecture
      4. generic bootstrapping architecture
      5. security and privacy
      6. transport layer security

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