TY - GEN
T1 - Investigations in intercepting the physical layer of GSM
T2 - 2013 18th International Conference on Applied Electronics, AE 2013
AU - Tatschner, Stefan
AU - Plaga, Sven
AU - Wuschek, Matthias
PY - 2013/10/17
Y1 - 2013/10/17
N2 - Since its final specification in the year 1990, the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) has been promoted to one of the most used baseline standards when it comes to mobile communication. Being a generation of a technology that has currently reached its 4th generation (Long Term Evolution, short: LTE), GSM seems to be deprecated. Showing this assumption untrue, GSM is often selected as a 'fallback' technology assumed to be applicable in almost every cell phone-enabled region, denying the potential risks in security and reliability which is inherent in mature technologies. This paper presents current research results in utilising Software Defined Radio (SDR) technology intercepting the physical communications layer of GSM (UM-interface), to enable further research in the verification and documentation of known and novel security breaches.
AB - Since its final specification in the year 1990, the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) has been promoted to one of the most used baseline standards when it comes to mobile communication. Being a generation of a technology that has currently reached its 4th generation (Long Term Evolution, short: LTE), GSM seems to be deprecated. Showing this assumption untrue, GSM is often selected as a 'fallback' technology assumed to be applicable in almost every cell phone-enabled region, denying the potential risks in security and reliability which is inherent in mature technologies. This paper presents current research results in utilising Software Defined Radio (SDR) technology intercepting the physical communications layer of GSM (UM-interface), to enable further research in the verification and documentation of known and novel security breaches.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84890504300
SN - 9788026101666
T3 - International Conference on Applied Electronics
BT - 2013 International Conference on Applied Electronics, AE 2013
PB - IEEE Computer Society
Y2 - 10 September 2013 through 12 September 2013
ER -