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Protecting the user’s identity while engaging in a mobile communications service is a prime concern. As far as the security management functions are concerned, a mobile communications network provides the following facilities:

 Authentication, which ensures that only an authorized user/subscriber access mobile communications network services.

 Subscriber information confidentiality through ciphering/encryption method.

 Allocation of temporary identity to a mobile device to protect user identity.

Security Management aspects are described in Chapter 9.