Hierarchical Group Based Mutual Authentication and Key Agreement for Machine Type Communication in LTE and Future 5G Networks

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Tier</td><td class="align_left">Description</td><td class="align_center">Devices</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Tier 1</td><td class="align_left">The end-device in the communication scenario which generates the authentication requests</td><td class="align_center">MTCD</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Tier 2</td><td class="align_left">Level 1 aggregator and integrity verifier of authentication requests from Tier 1</td><td class="align_center">HeNB, MTC-GW, mobile femtocell</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Tier 3</td><td class="align_left">Last mile connecting device and Level 2 aggregator and integrity verifier of Tier 2 messages</td><td class="align_center">HeNB-GW, eNodeB</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 1: Hierarchical Group Based Mutual Authentication and Key Agreement for Machine Type Communication in LTE and Future 5G Networks 