Solutions to the GSM Security Weaknesses
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Recently, the mobile industry has experienced an extreme increment in number of its users. The GSM network with the greatest worldwide number of users succumbs to several security vulnerabilities. Although some of its security problems are addressed in its upper generations, there are still many operators using 2G systems. This paper briefly presents the most important security flaws of the GSM network and its transport channels. It also provides some practical solutions to improve the security of currently available 2G systems.
Note: As originally published there is an error in the document's author byline. The name of the second author was listed as "Ali Asghar Beheshti Shirazi." The author wishes citations be credited to "Beheshti, A." The change is noted in Xplore's metadata but the PDF remains unchanged.