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    Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) : Introduction and Overview

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    UMA allows cellular calls and data to be passed over local WiFi networks instead of cellular networks when available. It was developed in the 2000s by mobile operators and vendors to take advantage of growing home broadband access. UMA uses IPsec tunnels between UMA-enabled phones and UMA controllers to route traffic. Authentication is done through EAP and calls are secured while maintaining quality through codecs like AMR. While reducing costs, disadvantages include requiring dual-mode phones and still being more expensive than pure VOIP. Full site surveys are needed for deployment planning.

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    UMA allows cellular calls and data to be passed over local WiFi networks instead of cellular networks when available. It was developed in the 2000s by mobile operators and vendors to take advantage of growing home broadband access. UMA uses IPsec tunnels between UMA-enabled phones and UMA controllers to route traffic. Authentication is done through EAP and calls are secured while maintaining quality through codecs like AMR. While reducing costs, disadvantages include requiring dual-mode phones and still being more expensive than pure VOIP. Full site surveys are needed for deployment planning.

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    UMA allows cellular calls and data to be passed over local WiFi networks instead of cellular networks when available. It was developed in the 2000s by mobile operators and vendors to take advantage of growing home broadband access. UMA uses IPsec tunnels between UMA-enabled phones and UMA controllers to route traffic. Authentication is done through EAP and calls are secured while maintaining quality through codecs like AMR. While reducing costs, disadvantages include requiring dual-mode phones and still being more expensive than pure VOIP. Full site surveys are needed for deployment planning.

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    Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA )

    Introduction and Overview


    Andrew Santarelli David Schraitle Matt Eberts Miguel Ibarra Mohammed Shareef

    Contents
    Introduction History How it works Security Advantages & Disadvantages Service Deployment

    UMA History
    Development of UMA inspired by the rapid deployment of broadband and wireless LANs within homes. Wanted to create a high bandwidth, low-cost wireless access network. Several major leading mobile operators and network equipment vendors collaborated and formed the Unlicensed Mobile Access Consortium (UMAC), to promote the Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) technology and develop specifications for it.

    Development
    Companies Involved Cingular Motorola Nokia Sony Ericsson T-Mobile US These companies developed the first set of UMA specifications and published them in September 2004. The specifications were given to the 3 Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). Eight months later in April 2005, the specifications were included into their framework inside the 3GPP release 6 and renamed Generic Access Network (GAN).
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    Timeline

    HOW UMA WORKS

    Handing Off Connection


    UMA device on cellular network Finds suitable Wi-Fi network in range Device will analyze network and determine if connect or not Connect to UMA controller and negotiate switch with cell network

    Inside UMA
    UMA protocol stored within the radio of the device. Tunnels through other radio layers to get to mobile network Requires an IP interface to connect to the internet IPsec module deals with tunnel to UMA controller

    VoIP
    Transferring voice over internet is a costly endeavor Codecs used in traditional VoIP clients are costly AMR (Adaptive Mult-Rate) used to provide cheap, effective transmission Same as used already on phones Already optimized for low power consumption

    UMA SECURITY

    AUTHENTICATION CONFIDENTIALITY INTEGRITY

    AUTHENTICATION: Internet Key Echange version 2 (IKEv2) -choose your own algorithm Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)

    UMA Security

    AUTHENTICATION CONFIDENTIALITY INTEGRITY

    CONFIDENTIALITY: IPsec

    Confidentiality algorithms: 1. AES with 128bit key length 2. 3DES 3. NULL encryption
    IPsec (IPv4): ----------------------------------------------------------------| new IP header | | original IP header| | |ESP |ESP | | (any options) |ESP| (any options) |TCP|Data|Trailer|Auth | ----------------------------------------------------------------|<------encrypted------------------->| |<-----authenticated-------------------->|

    UMA Security

    AUTHENTICATION CONFIDENTIALITY INTEGRITY


    INTEGRITY:
    Algorithms 1. HMAC-SHAI-96 2. HMAC-MD5 3. AES-XCBC-MAC-96

    UMA Security

    UMA Security Weaknesses


    IMSI Encrypted, but transferred with Network Access ID (NAI) Mobile Station Authentication OPTIONAL (MITM attack) DoS Attack

    UMA Security: Comparison with Other Technologies

    ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

    For Consumers

    Single number for home and mobile calls Calls through wireless LAN's, can deploy your own home coverage Greatly reduced roaming charges

    One provider for home internet and cell phone coverage

    For Providers

    Deploying Wi-Fi hotspots is cheaper than deploying WAN's

    Reduces load on cellular networks, shifting some burden to internet infrastructure


    Able to shift calls onto the cheaper internet infrastructure

    Disadvantages

    UMA-compatible handsets are more expensive and less common

    UMA-enabled phones require two active transceivers to handle seamless callswitching


    Despite all this, it's still not as cheap as straightforward VOIP protocols

    SERVICE DEPLOYMENT

    Service Deployment Surveying

    A full site survey is necessary to determine coverage planning and WiFi channel planning The survey revolves around finding the RF characteristics of the weakest client in the network, specifically its transmit power Design Access Points to match Radio coverage of the dual-mode phone

    WiFi performance is solely dependent on the phone's signal to the Access Points, similar to a phone's signal from the tower affecting calling ability

    Cisco UMA Deployment

    UMA Deployment
    Wireless Control System gives support to standalone Access Points and also Wireless LAN Controller Wireless Control System also provides statistics on calls being made, WiFi Channel performance and coverage planning Access Points improve call quality and WiFi channel capacity to phones which are unable to to support 802.11 1n protocol

    CONCLUSION AND QUESTIONS

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