The Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 6 is an important step towards all-IP, next generation mobile networks. Compared to previous 3GPP networks, Release 6 defines the IP Multimedia Subsystem, a core network architecture completely based on IETF protocols. Among these protocols, the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is used for initiating, managing and terminating media sessions. Even though simple and flexible, SIP has not been defined with security in mind. Therefore, 3GPP technical specifications require SIP signaling to be protected by means of IPSec security associations. The use of SIP together with IPSec can result in a significant increase of both the amount of traffic exchanged and the computational load due to signaling inside the core network. This paper analyzes the computational overheads due to security for signaling in 3GPP Release 6 core networks.
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Tonesi, D.S., Tortelli, A., Salgarelli, L. (2007). Security Overheads for Signaling in Beyond-3G Networks. In: Pupolin, S. (eds) Wireless Communications 2007 CNIT Thyrrenian Symposium. Signals and Communication Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73825-3_12
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