A local secure handover authentication scheme based on AAA for NEMO in aeronautical passanger communication environment

Abstract

The Network Mobility(NEMO), extension of Mobile IPv6, can support the mobility of mobile router(MR) across different air-around access technologies during different phases of flight. However, the past schemes of NEMO lack the identity privacy and signal integrity protection in handover procedure, which makes it unsecurity in aeronautical passanger communication(APC) environment. In this paper, a local secure handover authentication scheme based on AAA(LSHAA) is proposed for NEMO in APC environment. The LSHAA performs the authentication of care-of address in care-of test init/care-of test and prefix in public key infrastructure and certificates. The performance analysis shows that LSHAA can not only manage the signaling mobility and provide lower handover delay but also secure the handover procedure over NBSP and FMIPv6.