CloneSafe™
SAC™ provides the ANSI-41 authentication center (AC) functionality
for a cellular or PCS network. It performs the authentication procedures to support
the real-time authentication of cellular or PCS subscriber mobile stations in
any authentication-capable ANSI-41 network. CloneSafe™
SAC can support AMPS, NAMPS, TDMA, and CDMA networks.
CloneSafe™
SAC™ is designed to work with the Synacom CloneSafe™
Secure A-Key Management System (SAMS™). The CloneSafe™
SAMS™ provides extensive A-Key management
capabilities, including generation, distribution and security functions.
The other product in Synacom's CloneSafe™
authentication product line is the CloneSafe™
Validator™, an automated A-Key programming device that allows easy and
error-free programming of A-Keys automatically into mobile stations. The figure
below illustrates how the CloneSafe™ SAC™, CloneSafe™
SAMS™ and CloneSafe™ Validator™
products combine to create an effective, end-to-end authentication solution.
To meet
the special needs of the GSM to ANSI-41 roaming market, the A-Key Management capability,
now called the RoamFree™ Key Management System (RKMS) feature, is
provided to support the GSM network carrier's needs and is integrated into the
SAC platform.
The RKMS provides A-Key management capabilities, including
SSD generation and distribution and A-Key security functions.
When CloneSafe™
SAC™ is used with RoamFree® Gateway, roaming subscribers are protected
by the industry's most advanced technology against cloning fraud no matter where
they travel.
Authentication is a set of functions
used to prevent fraudulent access to cellular and PCS networks by phones illegally
programmed with stolen mobile identification number (MIN) and electronic serial
number (ESN) information. Authentication functions require no subscriber intervention
and provide a much more robust method of validating the true identity of a subscriber
than do the basic service qualification procedures that have been used in the
past.
The ANSI-41 authentication functions are independent of the air
interface protocol used to access the network, and subscribers are never involved
in the process. A successful outcome of authentication occurs when it can be demonstrated
that the MS and network possess identical results of an independent calculation
performed in both the MS and the network. The AC is the primary functional entity
in the network responsible for performing this calculation, although the serving
system (i.e., the VLR) may also be allocated certain responsibilities. The authentication
calculations are based on a set of algorithms, collectively known as the "CAVE"
algorithm (for cellular authentication and voice encryption).
Standard authentication procedures
RoamFree
Key Management System
Configurable authentication
policy
Graphical User Interface
User
access control, printer setup, and software configuration
Secure
backup, restore and recovery
Documentation and training
The CloneSafe™ SAC™
system uses the Compaq AlphaServer product family as its
hardware computing platform. The AlphaServer products used
in the CloneSafe™ SAC™ system configuration
are scalable, dependable, open systems that deliver high
performance at an affordable price. Powerful symmetric multiprocessing
(SMP) servers, the AlphaServer systems provide for growth
and configuration flexibility.
CloneSafe™ SAC™
system software
The following third party software
supports the CloneSafe™ SAC™ system.
Digital UNIX operating system
DECss7
Oracle Relational Database Management
System
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