UE Security Event Reporting for Wireless Attack Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wireless communications systems lack effective mechanisms for detecting and reporting security events, such as attacks against security vulnerabilities, leading to inadequate identification and response to security threats.
Innovation Solution
User equipment (UE) detects security events based on collected data and transmits information indicative of these events to a wireless entity, enabling network entities to perform corresponding security operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If no security event detection mechanism is implemented, then device complexity is low, but security reliability is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The UE performs self-detection of security events by monitoring its own security status and collected data, without requiring external detection infrastructure. The device autonomously determines whether security events occur based on its internal security status and transmitted data, enabling security self-protection while maintaining relatively simple device architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The system configures security event detection parameters and data collection requirements in advance through network signaling. The UE prepares detection rules and data collection mechanisms beforehand, allowing rapid security event detection when threats occur without requiring complex real-time analysis infrastructure.
2Measurement precision
If detailed security event data is collected and transmitted, then measurement precision is improved, but loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and transmits only the specific data elements and security event information that are most critical for security analysis, rather than transmitting all collected data. The network entity receives targeted security event indicators and key data points, achieving accurate security detection while minimizing transmission time and processing overhead.
Solution Approach 2:
The UE transmits security event data with appropriate detail level based on configuration and event severity. For critical security events, more detailed data is transmitted immediately, while for less severe events, summarized information is sent, balancing detection precision with reporting speed.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. One or more wireless communication devices in a wireless communications system may support security event detection and reporting. A user equipment (UE) may detect occurrence of a security event that is indicative of an attack against a security vulnerability associated with the UE. The detection of the occurrence of the security event may be based on data collected by the UE. The UE may transmit, to a wireless entity and based on the detection of the security event, information indicative of the occurrence of the security event, the information representative of at least the data collected by the UE that triggered detection of the security event. A network entity may receive the information indicative of the security event and perform a security operation corresponding to the security event.