Analysis and evaluation of covert channels over LTE advanced

Fahimeh Rezaei; Michael Hempel; Dongming Peng; Yi Qian; Hamid Sharif

doi:10.1109/WCNC.2013.6554855

Analysis and evaluation of covert channels over LTE advanced

Fahimeh Rezaei, Michael Hempel, Dongming Peng, Yi Qian, Hamid Sharif

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Abstract

In this paper, we have investigated Covert Channels in 3GPP LTE-A (Long Term Evolution-Advanced) for identifying headers and extension fields where covert data can be hidden in covert communications. We also discuss the covert channel capacity for LTE-A where the specific fields in the headers of the MAC (Medium Access Control), RLC (Radio Link Control) and PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol) layers are analyzed. We review different scenarios of channel coding rate, modulation schemes and channel bandwidths and present our results.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2013 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2013
Pages	1903-1908
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WCNC.2013.6554855
State	Published - 2013
Event	2013 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2013 - Shanghai, China Duration: Apr 7 2013 → Apr 10 2013

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Name	IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC
ISSN (Print)	1525-3511

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Other	2013 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2013
Country/Territory	China
City	Shanghai
Period	4/7/13 → 4/10/13

Keywords

Covert Channel
E-UTRAN Release 10
Hidden Information
LTE-A

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Analysis and evaluation of covert channels over LTE advanced. / Rezaei, Fahimeh; Hempel, Michael; Peng, Dongming et al.

2013 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2013. 2013. p. 1903-1908 6554855 (IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC).

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Rezaei, F, Hempel, M, Peng, D, Qian, Y & Sharif, H 2013, Analysis and evaluation of covert channels over LTE advanced. in 2013 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2013., 6554855, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC, pp. 1903-1908, 2013 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2013, Shanghai, China, 4/7/13. https://doi.org/10.1109/WCNC.2013.6554855

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