Access stratum key hierarchy
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorSoo Bum LEE
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Abstract
An apparatus, method and computer-readable media are disclosed for accessing a wireless network. For example, a process for accessing to a wireless network can include: receiving, by an access stratum (AS) security anchor, a service key request for a set of wireless nodes; generating, based on an AS security anchor key of the AS security anchor, a wireless node key for a wireless node, of the set of wireless nodes; and transmitting the wireless node key to the wireless node, wherein the wireless node key is for establishing a secure connection between the wireless node and a wireless device.
Claims30
An apparatus for accessing a wireless network, comprising:
- a memory system comprising instructions;
- and
- a processor system coupled to the memory system, wherein the processor system is configured to:
- receive, by an access stratum (AS) security anchor, a service key request for a set of wireless nodes;
- generate, based on an AS security anchor key of the AS security anchor, a wireless node key for a wireless node, of the set of wireless nodes;
- and
- transmit the wireless node key to the wireless node, wherein the wireless node key is for establishing a secure connection between the wireless node and a wireless device.
An apparatus for accessing a wireless network, comprising:
- a memory system comprising instructions;
- and
- a processor system coupled to the memory system, wherein the processor system is configured to:
- receive a wireless node key for a wireless node, of a set of wireless nodes, wherein the wireless node key is generated from an access stratum (AS) security anchor key of the AS security anchor;
- switch to a target wireless node;
- and
- establish a secure connection with the target wireless node based on the wireless node key.
A method for accessing a wireless network, comprising:
- receiving, by an access stratum (AS) security anchor, a service key request for a set of wireless nodes;
- generating, based on an AS security anchor key of the AS security anchor, a wireless node key for a wireless node, of the set of wireless nodes;
- and
- transmitting the wireless node key to the wireless node, wherein the wireless node key is for establishing a secure connection between the wireless node and a wireless device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.