Abstract: Home Subscriber Server (HSS) is the main database of the current generation’s cellular communications systems . It contains subscriber-related information, such as the authentication information and the list of services to which each user is subscribed.
Read moreWhat is ciphering in telecom?
Ciphering is the process of altering voice or data information with the intention of preventing its consumption or usage by unauthorized recipients . … Without the encryption algorithm and key(s), unauthorized listeners cannot decode the data or messages.
Read moreWhat is ciphering in GSM?
GSM makes use of a ciphering key to protect both user data and signaling on the vulnerable air interface . Once the user is authenticated, the RAND (delivered from the network) together with the KI (from the SIM) is sent through the A8 ciphering key generating algorithm, to produce a ciphering key (KC).
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