Authentication and Key Agreement Algorithm for Handover of Next-Generation High-Speed Railway

Abstract

In order to solve the problems that the handover key in the handover authentication protocol of 5 G-R wireless communication system under the next-generation high-speed railway does not have forward security and authentication efficiency is low, a novel 5 G-R handover authentication and key agreement algorithm is proposed. First, the authentication information is used to replace the identity information in the handover request message, which overcomes the shortcomings of the clear text transmission of the identity information. Second, a handover key update strategy based on lattice theory is designed. The dynamic update and forward and backward security of the handover key are realized by using the feature function and the auxiliary module function on the lattice. Third, the message authentication code is added to realize mutual authentication between communication parties, which can effectively prevent replay, the man in the middle, and other malicious attacks. Finally, the strand space formalization method is used for security verification. The results show that the proposed method not only has higher security and efficiency than other comparison methods but also can meet the high-security requirements of the next-generation 5 G-R handover authentication.