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Heterogeneous networking

Security Challenges and Considerations

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In this article, security challenges related to a mobile heterogeneous networking environment, and the general access patterns are discussed. A novel, unified networking architecture that enables secure heterogeneous networking, both in terms of networks and user devices is discussed. A comprehensive security framework providing a generalized authentication scheme using the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) is then presented, by taking into account existing methods for secure network and device access.

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  1. Amandeep Singh
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  2. Gaston Ormazábal
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Amandeep Singh is a Research Staff member at the Internet Real-Time Laboratory in the Department of Computer Science, Columbia University. His research interests include computer and social networks, distributed systems, and pervasive computing.

Dr. Gaston Ormazabal (B.A. Harvard, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. Columbia) is currently a Senior Research Scientist in the Computer Science Department at Columbia, and was also a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Verizon Labs. He was the recipient of the “CATT 25th Anniversary Technological Impact Award” for his technical contributions to academic-industry research.

Dr. Henning Schulzrinne Currently Chief Technology Officer at the US Federal Communications Commission, and the Levi Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Columbia University in New York, where he was also department chairman. Previously he was member of technical staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, and associate department head at GMD-Fokus (Berlin). He co-chairs the IEEE Communications Society Internet Technical Committee and is chair of the IEEE Communications Society Technical Committee on Computer Communications. He graduated from the Technische Hochschule in Darmstadt with a degree in economics and electrical engineering.

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Singh, A., Ormazábal, G. & Schulzrinne, H. Heterogeneous networking. Datenschutz Datensich 38, 25–30 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11623-014-0007-y

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