Communicating Messages with Intermittently Available Encryption Credentials

An integrated circuit for inclusion in a device, the device comprising at least one antenna for performing wireless communication and at least one radio coupled to the at least one antenna;

• memory which stores a message, wherein an encryption with a second device is required before transmission of the message;
• a processing element coupled to the memory, wherein the processing element is configured to:
• determine that one or more conditions are not met for the encryption session, wherein the integrated circuit is configured to wait until the one or more conditions are met before transmission;
• establish the encryption session with a second device in response to the one or more conditions being met, wherein the encryption session is useable to communicate the message to the second device;
• encrypt the message using the encryption session to produce an encrypted message;
• and
• wherein the encrypted message is operable to be communicated to the second device.

A device, comprising:

• at least one antenna for performing wireless communication;
• at least one radio communicatively coupled to the at least one antenna, wherein the at least one radio is configured to perform communication using at least one radio access technology (RAT);
• one or more processors communicatively coupled to the at least one radio, wherein the one or more processors and the at least one radio are configured to perform wireless communications using the at least one antenna;
• wherein the device is configured to:
• receive an encrypted message from the second device;
• store the encrypted message in an incoming message queue on the device;
• determine that one or more encryption credentials are inaccessible, wherein the device is configured to wait until the one or more encryption credentials are accessible;
• and
• decrypt the encrypted message when the encryption credentials become accessible.