Optimized security key refresh procedure for 5g mc
AssigneeNokia Solutions and Networks Oy
InventorYang LIU
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Abstract
There is provided a method. The method comprises generating, by the first network node, a new security key; informing, by the first network node, a user equipment of the new security key and when the first network node will start to use the new security key; obtaining, by the first network node, when the user equipment will start to use the new security key; and bringing, by the first network node, the new security key into use.
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A method, comprising:
- generating, by the first network node, a new security key;
- informing, by the first network node, a user equipment of the new security key and when the first network node will start to use the new security key;
- obtaining, by the first network node, when the user equipment will start to use the new security key;
- and
- bringing, by the first network node, the new security key into use.
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A method, comprising:
- obtaining, by a user equipment, from a first network node a new security key and when the first network node will start to use the new security key;
- informing, by the user equipment, the first network node when the user equipment will start to use the new security key;
- and
- bringing, by the user equipment, the new security key into use.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor, and
- at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to:
- generate a new security key;
- inform a user equipment of the new security key and when the apparatus will start to use the new security key;
- obtain when the user equipment will start to use the new security key;
- and
- bring the new security key into use.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor, and
- at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to:
- obtain from a first network node a new security key and when the first network node will start to use the new security key;
- inform the first network node when the apparatus will start to use the new security key;
- and
- bring the new security key into use.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.