Journal
ELECTRONICS
Volume 10, Issue 14, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/electronics10141724
Keywords
5G mobile networks; MEC; access control; 5G MEC security architecture; MEC Enabler; JWT
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- National Center for Research and Development, Poland [DWM/POLTAJ7/9/2020]
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MEC technology in 5G networks offers a distributed computing environment, allowing customers with different needs and competencies to access services from external suppliers. We propose an efficient and flexible service access control framework on 5G MEC networks, with the focus on the MEC Enabler handling AAA requests. Additionally, we utilize the JSON Web Token standard as a tool for managing access control credentials.
MEC technology provides a distributed computing environment in 5G mobile networks for application and service hosting. It allows customers with different requirements and professional competencies to use the services offered by external suppliers. We consider a service access control framework on 5G MEC networks that is efficient, flexible, and user-friendly. Its central element is the MEC Enabler, which handles AAA requests for stakeholders accessing services hosted on the edge servers. The JSON Web Token (JWT) open standard is a suitable tool for the MEC Enabler to manage access control credentials and transfer them securely between parties. In this paper, in the context of access control, we propose the token reference pattern called JSON MEC Access Token (JMAT) and analyze the effectiveness of its available protection methods in compliance with the standard requirements of MEC-hosted services in 5G networks.
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