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Massive Machine-Type Communication (mMTC) Access with Integrated Authentication
We present a connection establishment protocol with integrated
authentication, suited for Massive Machine-Type Communications (mMTC). The
protocol is contention-based and its main feature is that a device contends
with a unique signature that also enables the authentication of the device
towards the network. The signatures are inspired by Bloom filters and are
created based on the output of the MILENAGE authentication and encryption
algorithm set, which is used in the authentication and security procedures in
the LTE protocol family. We show that our method utilizes the system resources
more efficiently, achieves lower latency of connection establishment for
Poisson arrivals and allows a signalling overhead reduction. An
important conclusion is that the mMTC traffic benefits profoundly from
integration of security features into the connection establishment/access
protocols, instead of addressing them post-hoc, which has been a common
practice.Comment: Accepted for presentation at ICC 201