UICC-Based Service Security Framework for Pervasive Fixed Mobile Convergence

Nowadays, the Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) is a worldwide trend in the form of fixed and mobile telephony convergence. In this pervasive environment, security should be considered to be an important factor because the security threats of heterogeneous infrastructures can happen simultaneously. Thus, the security infrastructure of the mobile terminals should be mandatory since a single terminal can be used among different kinds of pervasive infrastructures. UICC has been deemed to be the only solution due to its inherent security features and brilliant advances in technologies. In this paper, we propose a novel UICC-based service security framework (USF), which implements the essential security functionalities used for FMC services, to provide the integrated security infrastructure and secure FMC services. The USF can be utilized to authenticate users, preserve privacy, and protect network infrastructures and business models of telephony companies.