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Cloning SIM Cards Usability Reduction in Mobile Networks

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This paper studies the probability of using cloning subscriber identity module (SIM) cards in Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems. It also explores how the mobile system can discover the cloning SIM cards as soon as possible and how to reduce the probability of using cloning SIM cards in mobile networks. The illegal mobile station attached to mobile networks can be detected by a Normal Location Area Update, a periodic area location update, and by outgoing calls that are issued from genuine mobiles. An analytical model is developed to investigate the effects of a location area update and outgoing calls issued by genuine mobiles on the use of illegal mobiles. Mobility management, such as registration, cancellation, and outgoing and incoming procedures for legal and illegal users are investigated and analysed. An analytical model to investigate the effect of outgoing call arrival rates, and location area residence time on the detected illegal user has been presented. This paper seeks to increase the security of communication by avoiding fraud of cloned mobile phones by proposing a solution to speed up the detection of cloning SIM cards.

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  1. College of Computer Engineering and Sciences, Salman bin Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 151, Al-Kharj, 11942, Saudi Arabia

    Mustafa A. Al-Fayoumi

  2. Faculty of Computers and Information Technology, University of Tabuk, P.O. Box 741, Tabuk, 71491, Saudi Arabia

    Nidal F. Shilbayeh

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Al-Fayoumi, M.A., Shilbayeh, N.F. Cloning SIM Cards Usability Reduction in Mobile Networks. J Netw Syst Manage 22, 259–279 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10922-013-9299-8

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