H(e)NB is able to provide new services with higher data rate in a low cost. Operators have already indicates their interest in this area. Study of H(e)NB has already started in 3GPP in order to investigate the feasibility of developing a standard solution for H(e)NB. Security is an critical aspect of H(e)NB, so it is necessary to investigate security issues of H(e)NB.

The present document identifies special security threats of H(e)NB and study the countermeasures to these threats. The study should include, but not be limited to, threat analysis of H(e)NB, mutual authentication and security protection between H(e)NB and rest of network, maintenance of the security context between H(e)NB and rest of network, security requirements on the H(e)NB, provisioning of security credentials on the H(e)NB, security solution for verifying the location of the H(e)NB etc. With regard to security protection between the H(e)NB and the rest of the network, bandwidth efficiency should be taken into consideration.

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