ABSTRACT
The primary motivation for this research is to focus on issues of
WiMAX security problems and analyzes of vulnerabilities on
IEEE 802.16, which is a new and promised topic in
telecommunication and wireless networks. Mobile WiMAX
system based on the IEEE 802.16e-2005 amendment has more
improved security features than previous IEEE 802.16d-based
WiMAX network system. WiMAX authentication is achieved by
using public key interchange protocol privacy key management
and it is supported by RSA cryptography exchange and RSA
based authentication applies X.509 certificate together with RSA
encryption. In this tutorial we identify potential security
requirements for future WiMAX environment and propose
promising security technologies to address these requirements
through the integration of specific security algorithms into
WiMAX environment to enhance security. We expect this call for
interest to motivate planning for evolution of 802.16e against
security challenges.