RAN Tester UE: An Automated Declarative UE Centric Security Testing Platform

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2505.10812v1
• Date: Fri, 16 May 2025 03:12:38 GMT
• Title: RAN Tester UE: An Automated Declarative UE Centric Security Testing Platform
• Authors: Charles Marion Ueltschey, Joshua Moore, Aly Sabri Abdalla, Vuk Marojevic,
• Abstract summary: This paper introduces an automated, adaptive, and scalable user equipment (UE) based RAN security testing framework.<n>Results on a 5G software testbed built with commercial off-the-shelf hardware and open source software.
• Score: 2.943640991628177
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Cellular networks require strict security procedures and measures across various network components, from core to radio access network (RAN) and end-user devices. As networks become increasingly complex and interconnected, as in O-RAN deployments, they are exposed to a numerous security threats. Therefore, ensuring robust security is critical for O-RAN to protect network integrity and safeguard user data. This requires rigorous testing methodologies to mitigate threats. This paper introduces an automated, adaptive, and scalable user equipment (UE) based RAN security testing framework designed to address the shortcomings of existing RAN testing solutions. Experimental results on a 5G software radio testbed built with commercial off-the-shelf hardware and open source software validate the efficiency and reproducibility of sample security test procedures developed on the RAN Tester UE framework.

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