Intelligent GNODEB cybersecurity protection system
AssigneeT-Mobile USA, Inc.
InventorsVenson Shaw, Sunil Lingayat
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Abstract
The disclosed technology includes a method and system for preventing or reducing cyber-attacks in a 5G network. A first node in a 5G network can detect that a first connected device is at risk of a cyber-attack based on one or more conditions and can broadcast to a plurality of nodes in the RAN that the first connected device is at risk of the cyber-attack. The first node can receive a first message from a second node of the plurality of nodes confirming or acknowledging that the first connected device is at risk of the cyber-attack. In response to receiving the first message from the second node confirming or acknowledging that the first connected device is at risk of the cyber-attack, the system can deauthorize the first connected device.
Claims20
A system for preventing or reducing cyber-attacks in a 5G network comprising:
- a first node of a plurality of nodes in a radio access network (RAN) of the 5G network configured for:
- detecting that a first connected device is at risk of a cyber-attack based on one or more conditions,
- wherein the one or more conditions include at least one of:
- detecting that the first connected device is obsolete or unmaintained,
- the first connected device fails to respond to status checks, or
- a service provider associated with the first connected device is not supporting the first connected device or is out of business;
- broadcasting to the plurality of nodes in the RAN that the first connected device is at risk of the cyber-attack;
- receiving a first message from a second node of the plurality of nodes confirming or acknowledging that the first connected device is at risk of the cyber-attack;
- and
- in response to receiving the first message from the second node confirming or acknowledging that the first connected device is at risk of the cyber-attack, deauthorizing the first connected device.
At least one non-transitory, computer-readable medium, storing instructions, which when executed by at least one data processor, performs a method of preventing or reducing cyber-attacks in a 5G network, the method comprising:
- detecting, by a first node of a plurality of nodes in a radio access network (RAN) of the 5G network, that a first connected device is at risk of a cyber-attack based on one or more conditions,
- wherein the one or more conditions include at least one of:
- detecting that the first connected device is obsolete or unmaintained, the first connected device fails to respond to status checks, or a service provider associated with the first connected device is not supporting the first connected device or is out of business;
- broadcasting, by the first node to the plurality of nodes in the RAN, that the first connected device is at risk of the cyber-attack;
- receiving, by the first node, a first message from a second node of the plurality of nodes confirming or acknowledging that the first connected device is at risk of the cyber-attack;
- and
- in response to receiving the first message from the second node confirming or acknowledging that the first connected device is at risk of the cyber-attack, deauthorizing, by the first node, the first connected device.
A method of preventing or reducing cyber-attacks in a 5G network comprising:
- detecting, by a first node of a plurality of nodes in a radio access network (RAN) of the 5G network, that a first connected device is at risk of a cyber-attack based on one or more conditions,
- wherein the one or more conditions include at least one of:
- detecting that the first connected device is obsolete or unmaintained, the first connected device fails to respond to status checks, or a service provider associated with the first connected device is not supporting the first connected device or is out of business;
- broadcasting, by the first node to the plurality of nodes in the RAN, that the first connected device is at risk of the cyber-attack;
- receiving, by the first node, a first message from a second node of the plurality of nodes confirming or acknowledging that the first connected device is at risk of the cyber-attack;
- and
- in response to receiving the first message from the second node confirming or acknowledging that the first connected device is at risk of the cyber-attack, deauthorizing, by the first node, the first connected device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.