ZTE Communications ›› 2021, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (4): 79-89.DOI: 10.12142/ZTECOM.202104009

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Study on Security of 5G and Satellite Converged Communication Network

YAN Xincheng1,2(), TENG Huiyun2, PING Li2, JIANG Zhihong2, ZHOU Na1,2   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Mobile Network and Mobile Multimedia Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
    2.ZTE Corporation, Shenzhen 518057, China
  • Online:2021-12-25 Published:2022-01-04
  • About author:YAN Xincheng (yan.xincheng@zte.com.cn) received his M.S. degree from Southeast University, China in 2004. He is currently the chief system architect and director of the Security Technology Committee of ZTE Corporation, responsible for network security technology planning. He was the leader of the network security sub-project of the “New Generation Broadband Wireless Network Communication Network” and National Science and Technology Major Project “5G Security Overall Architecture Research and Standardization”. He has been awarded a number of scientific and technological awards of Jiangsu Province and Shenzhen.|TENG Huiyun received her M.S. degree from Hohai University, China in 2011. She is currently the senior technical research engineer in ZTE Corporation and has 10 years of professional experience in communication and security.|PING Li received her M.S. degree from Southeast University, China in 2005. She is currently the senior cybersecurity analyst in ZTE Corporation with 8 years of professional experience in cybersecurity policy and technology research and analysis. She got the CISSP in 2018.|JIANG Zhihong received his M.S. degree from Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China in 2003. He is currently the senior technical research expert in ZTE Corporation.|ZHOU Na received her Ph.D. degree from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics University, China in 2004. She is currently the senior technical research expert in ZTE Corporation. She has won Shenzhen Scientific and Technological Award.

Abstract:

The 5G and satellite converged communication network (5G SCCN) is an important component of the integration of satellite-terrestrial networks, the national science, and technology major projects towards 2030. Security is the key to ensuring its operation, but at present, the research in this area has just started in our country. Based on the network characteristics and security risks, we propose the security architecture of the 5G SCCN and systematically sort out the key protection technologies and improvement directions. In particular, unique thinking on the security of lightweight data communication and design reference for the 5G SCCN network architecture is presented. It is expected to provide a piece of reference for the follow-up 5G SCCN security technology research, standard evolution, and industrialization.

Key words: 5G SCCN, non-terrestrial networks, 5G security, satellite security, integration of satellite-terrestrial networks