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US 9,930,187 B2Granted
Billing related information reporting
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorsJan-Erik Ekberg, Mikko Uusitalo, Carl Simon Wijting
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Abstract
Radio communications is performed within a mobile telecommunication network. Billing related information is obtained by radio-physical detection. Within a trusted execution environment, a challenge known by the mobile telecommunication network is obtained; billing related information is received; billing related information is attested; and the attested billing related information is caused to be sent to the mobile telecommunication network.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a communication interface for communicating with a radio communication unit that is configured to perform radio communications with a base station capable of forming a cell for relaying mobile data between the apparatus and a mobile telecommunication network;
- a radio-physical detector for obtaining billing related information from the radio communication unit;
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- a trusted platform module including a trusted execution environment configured to attest the billing related information by encrypting the billing information to be sent to the mobile telecommunication network, the trusted platform configured to:
- obtain a challenge known by the mobile telecommunication network;
- receive billing related information from the radio-physical detector;
- attest the billing related information by encrypting the billing information, in response to the challenge;
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- cause the apparatus to send the attested billing related information to the mobile telecommunication network;
- the apparatus further comprising a mobile communication device configured to communicate through the base station with the mobile telecommunication network,
- wherein the radio-physical detector is configured to produce an indication of operation of the base station from which the mobile communication device receives radio signals and the billing related information comprises the indication of the operation of the base station.
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A method in a mobile communication device, comprising:
- communicating with a radio communication unit that is configured to perform radio communications with a base station capable of forming a cell for relaying mobile data between the mobile communication device and a mobile telecommunication network;
- obtaining by radio-physical detection billing related information from the radio communication unit;
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- within a trusted execution environment including a trusted execution environment configured to attest the billing related information by encrypting the billing information to be sent to the mobile telecommunication network:
- obtaining a challenge known by the mobile telecommunication network;
- receiving billing related information;
- attesting billing related information by encrypting the billing information, in response to the challenge;
- causing sending of the attested billing related information to the mobile telecommunication network;
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- using the radio-physical detection to indicate operation of the base station from which the mobile communication device receives radio signals.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.