No / Enabling D2D communications over LTE-A networks can provide many benefits in terms of throughput, energy consumption, traffic load, and so on. It also enables new commercial services such as location-based advertising. For these reasons, D2D communications has become a hot topic in both the academic and industrial communities. However, many research works are focused on node discovery, radio resource management, and other aspects, while the issue of security is less addressed. In this article, we intend to provide an overview of the security architecture, threads, and requirements. Based on these requirements, we propose several potential solutions by reusing the existing security mechanisms. Promising topics related to secure D2D communications for future research are also discussed.

Long Term Evolution (LTE) is enormously adopted by several mobile operators and has been introduced as a solution to fulfil ever-growing Users (UEs) data requirements in cellular networks. Enlarged data demands engage resource blocks over prolong time interval thus results into more dynamic power consumption at downlink in Basestation. Therefore, realisation of UEs requests come at the cost of increased power consumption which directly affects operator operational expenditures. Moreover, it also contributes in increased CO2 emissions thus leading towards Global Warming. According to research, Global Information and Communication Technology (ICT) systems consume approximately 1200 to 1800 Terawatts per hour of electricity annually. Importantly mobile communication industry is accountable for more than one third of this power consumption in ICT due to increased data requirements, number of UEs and coverage area. Applying these values to global warming, telecommunication is responsible for 0.3 to 0.4 percent of worldwide CO2 emissions. Moreover, user data volume is expected to increase by a factor of 10 every five years which results in 16 to 20 percent increase in associated energy consumption which directly effects our environment by enlarged global warming. This research work focuses on the importance of energy saving in LTE and initially propose bandwidth expansion based energy saving scheme which combines two resource blocks together to form single super RB, thereby resulting in reduced Physical Downlink Control Channel Overhead (PDCCH). Thus, decreased PDCCH overhead helps in reduced dynamic power consumption up to 28 percent. Subsequently, novel reduced early handover (REHO) based idea is proposed and combined with bandwidth expansion to form enhanced energy ii saving scheme. System level simulations are performed to investigate the performance of REHO scheme; it was found that reduced early handover provided around 35% improved energy saving while compared to LTE standard in 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) based scenario. Since there is a direct relationship between energy consumption, CO2 emissions and vendors operational expenditure (OPEX); due to reduced power consumption and increased energy efficiency, REHO subsequently proven to be a step towards greener communication with lesser CO2 footprint and reduced operational expenditure values. The main idea of REHO lies in the fact that it initiate handovers earlier and turn off freed resource blocks as compare to LTE standard. Therefore, the time difference (Transmission Time Intervals) between REHO based early handover and LTE standard handover is a key component for energy saving achieved, which is estimated through axiom of Euclidean geometry. Moreover, overall system efficiency is investigated through the analysis of numerous performance related parameters in REHO and LTE standard. This led to a key finding being made to guide the vendors about the choice of energy saving in relation to radio link failure and other important parameters.

Récemment, le 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) a standardisé les systèmes LTE/LTE-A (Long Term Evolution/LTE-Advanced) qui ont été approuvés par l'UIT (Union Internationale des Télécommunications) comme des réseaux de télécommunications mobiles de 4éme génération. La sécurité est l'une des questions essentielles qui doivent être traitées avec soin pour protéger les informations de l'opérateur et des utilisateurs. Aussi, le 3GPP a normalisé plusieurs algorithmes et protocoles afin de sécuriser les communications entre les différentes entités du réseau. Cependant, l'augmentation du niveau de sécurité dans ces systèmes ne devrait pas leur imposer des contraintes lourdes telles qu’une grande complexité de calcul ou encore une forte consommation d'énergie. En effet, l'efficacité énergétique est devenue récemment un besoin critique pour les opérateurs afin de réduire l’empreinte écologique et les coûts opérationnels de ces systèmes. Les services de sécurité dans les réseaux mobiles tels que l'authentification, la confidentialité et l'intégrité des données sont le plus souvent effectués en utilisant des techniques cryptographiques. Toutefois, la plupart des solutions standardisées déjà adoptées par le 3GPP dépendent des algorithmes de chiffrement qui possèdent une grande complexité, induisant une consommation énergétique plus élevée dans les différentes entités communicantes du réseau. La confidentialité des données, qui se réfère principalement au fait de s'assurer que l'information n'est accessible qu'à ceux dont l'accès est autorisé, est réalisée au niveau de la sous-couche PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol) de la pile protocolaire de LTE/LTE-A par l'un des trois algorithmes normalisés (EEA1, EEA2 et EEA3). Or, chacun des trois algorithmes exige une forte complexité de calcul car ils reposent sur la théorie de chiffrement de Shannon qui utilise les fonctions de confusion et de diffusion sur plusieurs itérations. Dans cette thèse, nous proposons un nouvel algorithme de confidentialité en utilisant le concept de substitution et de diffusion dans lequel le niveau de sécurité requis est atteint en un seul tour. Par conséquent, la complexité de calcul est considérablement réduite ce qui entraîne une réduction de la consommation d'énergie par les fonctions de chiffrement et de déchiffrement. De plus, la même approche est utilisée pour réduire la complexité des algorithmes 3GPP d'intégrité des données (EIA1, EIA2 et EIA3) dont le concept de chiffrement repose sur les mêmes fonctions complexes. Enfin, nous étudions dans cette thèse le problème d'authentification dans le contexte du paradigme D2D (Device to Device communications) introduit dans les systèmes 4G. Le concept D2D se réfère à la communication directe entre deux terminaux mobiles sans passer par le cœur du réseau. Il constitue un moyen prometteur pour améliorer les performances et réduire la consommation d'énergie dans les réseaux LTE/LTE-A. Toutefois, l'authentification et la dérivation de clé entre deux terminaux mobiles dans le contexte D2D n’ont pas fait l’objet d’études. Aussi, nous proposons un nouveau protocole léger d’authentification et de dérivation de clé permettant d’authentifier les terminaux D2D et de dériver les clés nécessaires à la fois pour le cryptage et pour la protection de l'intégrité des données. / Recently, the 3rd Group Project Partnership (3GPP) has developed Long Term Evolution/ Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE/LTE-A) systems which have been approved by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) as 4th Generation (4G) mobile telecommunication networks. Security is one of critical issues which should be handled carefully to protect user's and mobile operator's information. Thus, the 3GPP has standardized algorithms and protocols in order to secure the communications between different entities of the mobile network. However, increasing the security level in such networks should not compel heavy constrains on these networks such as complexity and energy. Indeed, energy efficiency has become recently a critical need for mobile network operators for reduced carbon emissions and operational costs. The security services in mobile networks such as authentication, data confidentiality and data integrity are mostly performed using cryptographic techniques.However, most of the standardized solutions already adopted by the3GPP depend on encryption algorithms which possess high computational complexity which in turn contributes in consuming further energy at the different network communication parties.Data confidentiality which mainly refers to the protection of the user’s information privacy is achieved at the Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) sub-layer in the LTE/LTE-A protocol stack by one of the three standardized algorithms (EEA1, EEA2 and EEA3). However, each of the three algorithms requires high computational complexity since they rely on Shannon’s theory of encryption algorithms by applying confusion and diffusion for several rounds. In our thesis we propose a novel confidentiality algorithm using the concept of substitution and diffusion in which the required security level is attained in only one round. Consequently the computational complexity is considerably reduced which in return results in reducing the energy consumption during both encryption and decryption procedures. Similarly, the same approach is used to reduce the complexity of 3GPP data integrity algorithms (EIA1, EIA2 and EIA3) which the core cipher rely on the same complex functions. Finally, we investigate in this thesis the authentication issue in Device to Device paradigms proposal in 4G systems. Device to Device communications refer to direct communications between two mobile devices without passing through the core network. They constitute a promising mean to increase the performance and reduce energy consumptions in LTE/LTE-A networks. In such context, the authentication and key derivation between two mobile devices have not been well investigated. Thus, a novel lightweight authentication and key derivation protocol is proposed to authenticate two communicating devices during session establishments as well as deriving necessary keys for both data encryption and integrity protection.