A Secure and Efficient Authentication and Key Agreement Protocol based on Present Light weight block cipher

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Electrical Engineering, Shahid Sattari University of Aeronautical Science and Technology

2 Master's degree, Shahid Sattari Aviation University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

One of the most important evolved security mechanisms in the wireless networks is an authentication and key agreement (AKA) protocol. In this paper, first we study the structure of Evolved Packet System Authentication and Key Agreement (EPS-AKA) protocol. Also, we discuss about the security advantages and disadvantages of the EPS-AKA protocol. Then, we review the structure of the improved versions of EPS-AKA protocol and also investigate their performance in terms of key length and complexity. Also, we propose the improved EPS-AKA protocol based on Present light weight block cipher. The security and efficiency levels of the proposed protocol are analyzed. The security investigation shows that it has higher security level than the conventional EPS-AKA protocol. Also, it has lower key length and computational complexity than the recent improved versions of EPS-AKA protocols. In fact, due to the use of light weight present block cipher, it seems that the proposed protocol has simpler structure and higher security level than the previous improved versions of EPS-AKA protocols.

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Volume 12, Issue 3 - Serial Number 47
number 47, Autmn 2024
November 2024
  • Receive Date: 03 June 2024
  • Revise Date: 27 September 2024
  • Accept Date: 07 October 2024
  • Publish Date: 22 October 2024