A Formal Analysis of Emergency Communication System Based on Model Checking

Meichen Liu, Hai Li

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Abstract

Emergency communication system is utilized widely to serve professional mobile communication for public security. Strict inspections must be conducted to ensure the system's high reliability, as inherent protocol complexities and design flaws may cause logical vulnerabilities in protocol implementation. In this paper, we investigate the security of the emergency communication, taking the TETRA system as an example. Specifically, we analyze two critical procedures (i.e., registration and call control) of the TETRA system. As a result, we uncover several potential flaws in the system. Furthermore, to expose vulnerabilities, we apply model checking to the automatic analysis of the TETRA system using the tool NuSMV. At last, we verified our findings in the real TETRA testbed environment. The results show that the attacks can induce service disruption, and the proposed method is feasible to TETRA system analysis.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICEIEC 2023 - Proceedings of 2023 IEEE 13th International Conference on Electronics Information and Emergency Communication
EditorsLi Wenzheng
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages22-26
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9798350331714
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event13th IEEE International Conference on Electronics Information and Emergency Communication, ICEIEC 2023 - Virtual, Online, China
Duration: 14 Jul 202316 Jul 2023

Publication series

NameICEIEC 2023 - Proceedings of 2023 IEEE 13th International Conference on Electronics Information and Emergency Communication

Conference

Conference13th IEEE International Conference on Electronics Information and Emergency Communication, ICEIEC 2023
Country/TerritoryChina
CityVirtual, Online
Period14/07/2316/07/23

Keywords

  • NuSMV
  • TETRA system
  • emergency communication
  • model checking
  • protocol security

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