An Overview of the Security Landscape of Virtual Mobile Networks

Ijaz Ahmad; Jarno Pinola; Ilkka Harjula; Jani Suomalainen; Erkki Harjula; Jyrki Huusko; Tanesh Kumar

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3133319

An Overview of the Security Landscape of Virtual Mobile Networks

Ijaz Ahmad^*, Jarno Pinola, Ilkka Harjula, Jani Suomalainen, Erkki Harjula, Jyrki Huusko, Tanesh Kumar

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University of Oulu

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Abstract

5G enables the use of different types of services over the same physical infrastructure through the concepts and technologies of virtualization, softwarization, network slicing and cloud computing. Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs), using these concepts, provide an opportunity to share the same physical infrastructure among multiple operators. Each MVNO can have own distinct operating and support systems. However, the technologies used to enable such an environment have their own explicit security challenges and solutions. The integrated environment built upon these novel concepts and technologies, thus, will have complex security implications and requirements to be satisfied. In this vain, this article provides an overview of the security challenges and potential solutions for MVNOs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	169014-169030
Journal	IEEE Access
Volume	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3133319
Publication status	Published - 2021
MoE publication type	A2 Review article in a scientific journal

Funding

This research work was supported by Academy of Finland, under the projects: DigiHealth and 6G Flagship Projects (grants 326291, 318927).

Keywords

3GPP
5G
5G mobile communication
Cloud computing
Computer architecture
NFV Security
Security
Software
Virtual Mobile Networks (VMNs) Security
Virtual Networks
Virtualization
VMNs

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