Malone, David, Kavanagh, Darren F. and Murphy, Niall R. (2013) Rogue Femtocell Owners: How Mallory Can Monitor My Devices. In: 2013 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS). IEEE, pp. 429-434. ISBN 9781479900558
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Abstract
Femtocells are small cellular telecommunication
base stations that provide improved cellular coverage. These
devices provide important improvements in coverage, battery
life and throughput, they also present security challenges. We
identify a problem which has not been identified in previous
studies of femtocell security: rogue owners of femtocells can
secretly monitor third-party mobile devices by using the femtocell’s
access control features. We present traffic analysis of
real femtocell traces and demonstrate the ability to monitor
mobile devices through classification of the femtocell’s encrypted
backhaul traffic. We also consider the femtocell’s power usage
and status LEDs as other side channels that provide information
on the femtocell’s operation. We conclude by presenting suitable
solutions to overcome this problem.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Additional Information: | This work is supported by Science Foundation Ireland under Grant No. 08/SRC/I1403 and 07/SK/I1216a. |
Keywords: | Femtocell; security; traffic analysis; cellular devices; rogue owners; |
Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > Hamilton Institute Faculty of Science and Engineering > Mathematics and Statistics |
Item ID: | 6306 |
Identification Number: | 10.1109/INFCOMW.2013.6562901 |
Depositing User: | Dr. David Malone |
Date Deposited: | 19 Aug 2015 15:56 |
Publisher: | IEEE |
Refereed: | Yes |
Funders: | Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) |
Related URLs: | |
URI: | https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/6306 |
Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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