In this short article I present my views regarding market and business requirements leading towards the 5G architecture.

Anand R. Prasad

Chairman of 3GPP security

working group (SA3) and Chief Advanced Technologist at NEC

In this brief article I will touch on 3GPP recent achievements regarding 5G followed by high level discussion on migration associated security aspects and finally details of 3GPP specifications on Non-Stand-Alone or 4G-5G Dual Connectivity.

Anand R. Prasad

Chairman of 3GPP security

working group (SA3) and Chief Advanced Technologist at NEC

Friday, 22 September, 2017, I gave a talk at the IEEE 5G Summit held at Kogakuin University in Tokyo. 
My talk was about 5G security reality check where I covered 3GPP standardization status, solutions that are already in specifications and several other aspects necessary to make 5G secure. I will share details on this separately.
All presentations were very practical showing what is expected and realistically possible. A very good overview was given by opening speakers and Japanese government representative where Japan is expecting B2B2X businesses to grow with 5G.

Anand R. Prasad

Chairman of 3GPP security

working group (SA3) and Chief Advanced Technologist at NEC

My observation after the two days was that there are several security solutions around but vehicle (connected or not) industry has still a lot to work on. As vehicles get more and more connected, vehicle industry will face issues beyond their normal comfort zone. The industry will have to take security considerations, at the least, for content, IoT, IT and telecom. This goes hand-in-hand with consideration of regulatory aspects in each field and each country.

Anand R. Prasad

Chairman of 3GPP security

working group (SA3) and Chief Advanced Technologist at NEC

There are several opinion out there in security, some referring to a vehicle as a Internet of things (IOT) device but vehicle should not be bunched in the IOT lot. Vehicle is a collection of IOT devices with different services and deserves a different angle for security considerations.

Anand R. Prasad

Chairman of 3GPP security

working group (SA3) and Chief Advanced Technologist at NEC

In this part I present rest of the security considerations for 5G IOT on spectrum, security credentials, devices, services, business, user space and more. Once again, on purpose I do not discuss about global activities on 5G IOT and security.

Anand R. Prasad

Chairman of 3GPP security

working group (SA3) and Chief Advanced Technologist at NEC

This is second part of the article based on talks I have given on 5G security since last year. The first part on my thoughts regarding 5G is available here. In this part I present my views on considerations regarding 5G security for core network and radio access technology/network; rest of the security topics will be in the following part of the article.

Anand R. Prasad

Chairman of 3GPP security

working group (SA3) and Chief Advanced Technologist at NEC

This is first part of the article based on several talks I have given on 5G security since last year. In this part I present my views about 5G. On purpose I have avoided discussion on various activities regarding 5G around the globe (3GPP, ITU etc.). 

Anand R. Prasad

Chairman of 3GPP security working group (SA3) and Chief Advanced Technologist at NEC