WiMAX Security

WiMAX achieved a jump start on security by adopting the mature DOCSIS BPI+ security protocol.

WiMAX authentication relies on PKM-EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol) and TLS (Transport Layer Security.

WiMAX encryption uses CCMP (Counter Mode with Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol), which uses the AES algorithm for data encryption.

WiMAX encryption also supports the earlier Triple DES standard.