Subscriber authentication technology of AAA mechanism for mobile IPTV service offer

In the modern society, the rapid development of IT and distribution of the internet and computers through super-high speed networks have led to the new cultural turning point called u-knowledge-based society. Such a change has contributed to the environment where digital materials rapidly increase and communication infra is expanded, and thus image and sound information can be shared through IP network as demand for integrated service is increasing. In providing IPTV through IP network, IPTV may result in illegal control, illegal contents distribution, service theft, access of unapproved ones, sniffing, tapping, DoS (Denial of Service) attack, War Dialing attack, man-in-the-middle attack, Rogue Device attack, harmful software infection, which all indicates the security vulnerability. As such various weaknesses exist, this study research the subscriber authentication technology of AAA mechanism to provide mobile IPTV services so as to security and efficiency in terms of subscribers in the next generation mobile IPTV.