The Quality of Mobile Telephony in Brazil: A Strategy for Verification and Testing
Verification, 5G, MFA, UVM, test scenarios
Mobile telephony is used as a means of transferring goods and services. During the pandemic, this included detailing cases and obtaining emergency aid. During this process, there were failures in the general registration of people. This represents a severe problem since most Brazilian municipalities depend on federal transfers related to residents. This is where two-factor authentication emerges as an essential element. Although these security measures occur in all sectors, they must be studied to define limits, consequences, and impacts. This paper studies the effects of mass access to mobile networks, the weaknesses, and how two-factor authentication tools are both a benefit and a potential threat. From this initial process of listing the problems of mass access, a possible challenge was identified in cases of double authentication. The study of bank transactions was chosen because they are reproducible and use document transfers. Three hypotheses are listed: The first is how to ensure the reliability of data in transactions; the second is how to assess the security of transactions; and the third and final one is how to authenticate data to insert a layer of protection for the user, in this context of massive access to mobile networks. Given the extent of use and applicability, the applied test model was chosen for a selection plan, such as the model based on the Universal Verification Methodology. Creating a verification plan to improve the quality of mobile telephony is an innovative approach and the objective of this research.