User random access authentication protocol for low earth orbit satellite networks

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Abstract Low earth orbit (LEO) satellite networks can be used as supplementary networks for ground-based networks to provide network services for complex areas. However, the satellite networks characteristics such as open channels, a dynamic network topology, and a large number of user terminals can lead to problems of security, quality of service (QoS), and network control center overloading. This paper presents a dynamic access authentication protocol based on Token and the satellite orbit predictability and accurate clock synchronization to construct pre-authentication vectors which implement user random access and seamless switching. Simulations show that this protocol satisfies the security requirements with low handover delay and low computational costs for efficient and secure access authentication for users in LEO satellite networks.

Keywords low earth orbit (LEO) satellite networks random access seamless switching orbital position prediction

Issue Date: 16 January 2019

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	ZHU Hui
	CHEN Siyu
	LI Fenghua
	WU Heng
	ZHAO Haiqiang
	WANG Gang

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ZHU Hui,CHEN Siyu,LI Fenghua, et al. User random access authentication protocol for low earth orbit satellite networks[J]. Journal of Tsinghua University(Science and Technology), 2019, 59(1): 1-8.

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