Methods, devices, and computer programs for managing a group temporal key for privacy beacon
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsJulien SEVIN, Stéphane BARON, Patrice NEZOU
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Abstract
At least an embodiment of a method in a communication network, the method comprising, at an access point, AP, affiliated with an AP multi-link device, MLD: transmitting, to a non-AP station, STA, affiliated with a non-AP MLD, a management frame comprising a body field encrypted with a first group key; and transmitting, to the STA, a frame including the first group key and a second group key, wherein the second group key is for encrypting data frames transmitted by the AP to the STA.
Claims29
A method in a communication network, the method comprising, at an access point, AP, affiliated with an AP multi-link device, MLD:
- transmitting, to a non-AP station, STA, affiliated with a non-AP MLD, a management frame comprising a body field encrypted with a first group key;
- and
- transmitting, to the STA, a frame including the first group key and a second group key, wherein the second group key is for encrypting data frames transmitted by the AP to the STA.
A method in a communication network, the method comprising, at a non access-point, AP, station, STA, affiliated with a non-AP multi-link device, MLD:
- receiving, from an AP affiliated with an AP MLD, a management frame comprising a body field encrypted with a first group key;
- and
- receiving, from the AP, a frame including the first group key and a second group key, wherein the second group key is for decrypting data frames received from the AP.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.