Analysis and Application of EAP_AKA for IEEE Standard 802.16e

In IEEE Standard 802.16e, there are two privacy key management editions PKMv1 and PKMv2. PKMv2 as a supplement is used to improve the IEEE standard 802.16e security, in which EAP as an optional authentication protocol besides RSA is involved in several authentication modes. However how to use EAP methods in different authentication mode has not been detailed. In this paper, common EAP methods will be compared according to authentication requirement in IEEE standard 802.16e. Then the EAP_AKA as selected method for EAP-EAP authentication mode will be detailed. The security and authentication cost also will be compared with the existed improved methods.