FPGA implementation of Secure Authentication in WiMAX Networks using Modified WiMAX Bloom filter: A Hardware Approach

摘要

Secure authentication for WiMAX networks is highly challenging due to its lack of solid infrastructure and vulnerability to various attacks in wireless environment. In our research we propose a hardware approach for initial level secure authentication of subscriber mobile stations using a modified bloom filter. To the best of our knowledge this is the first of its kind which uses a bloom filter for WiMAX authentication. The design has been evaluated and tested using a Xilinx 65 nm Virtex-5 field-programmable gate array as the target technology. The performance matrices are false positive ratio, compactness, speed and security.