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Granted Patent B2
US 11,765,578 · App. 16/937,107 · Granted Sep 19, 2023

Security negotiation method and apparatus

Inventors: Rong Wu (Shenzhen, CN); Bo Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Shuaishuai Tan (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W12/033H04L63/205H04W12/041H04W12/10
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Patent No.
US 11,765,578
App. No.
16/937,107
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A security negotiation method includes receiving, by a terminal, security negotiation information from a centralized unit control plane (CU-CP)/a centralized unit user plane (CU-UP), where the security negotiation information includes an integrity protection indication identifier of the CU-UP, and determining, by the terminal based on the integrity protection indication identifier, whether to enable user-plane integrity protection of the terminal.

Claims (57)

1. A security negotiation method, wherein the security negotiation method comprises:

sending, by an apparatus, a first session establishment request to a session management function (SMF) entity;

receiving, by the apparatus, security negotiation information from a centralized unit control plane (CU-CP), wherein the security negotiation information comprises an integrity protection indication identifier of a centralized unit user plane (CU-UP) disposed in a separate entity than the CU-CP, and wherein the security negotiation information further comprises an encryption protection indication identifier of the CU-UP;

determining, by the apparatus, based on the integrity protection indication identifier from the CU-CP, whether to enable session-based user-plane integrity protection of the apparatus, wherein determining whether to enable the session-based user-plane integrity protection of the apparatus comprises determining to enable the session-based user-plane integrity protection of the apparatus when the integrity protection indication identifier indicates that integrity protection of the CU-UP is enabled;

determining, by the apparatus, based on the encryption protection indication identifier, whether to enable session-based encryption protection of the apparatus; and

sending, by the apparatus after determining to enable the session-based user-plane integrity protection of the apparatus, an integrity protection parameter to the CU-CP.

2. The security negotiation method of claim 1 , wherein the security negotiation information further comprises a key generation parameter, wherein the security negotiation method further comprises generating, by the apparatus, a user-plane integrity protection key of the CU-UP based on the key generation parameter, and wherein the key generation parameter comprises one or more of:

an instance identifier;

a CU-UP identifier;

a distributed unit (DU) identifier;

a data bearer identifier;

a bearer identifier;

a stream identifier;

a session identifier;

a slice identifier;

a media access control (MAC) layer identifier;

a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling counter;

a frequency identifier;

a cell identifier;

a fresh parameter;

a user-plane integrity protection algorithm type identifier length of the CU-UP;

a user-plane integrity protection algorithm type identifier length of the CU-CP;

a user-plane encryption protection type identifier length of the CU-UP; or

a user-plane encryption protection type identifier length of the CU-CP.

3. The security negotiation method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether to enable the session-based user-plane integrity protection of the apparatus comprises determining not to enable the session-based user-plane integrity protection of the apparatus when the integrity protection indication identifier indicates that integrity protection of the CU-UP is not enabled.

4. The security negotiation method of claim 3 , wherein after determining not to enable the session-based user-plane integrity protection of the apparatus, the security negotiation method further comprises sending, by the apparatus, a security negotiation response to the CU-CP, and wherein the security negotiation response comprises an integrity protection parameter and an indication identifier indicating that the session-based user-plane integrity protection of the apparatus is enabled.

5. The security negotiation method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the security negotiation information comprises receiving, by the apparatus, the security negotiation information via a Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration message.

6. A security negotiation apparatus comprising:

a memory configured to store instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the instructions cause the processor to be configured to:

send a first session establishment request to a session management function (SMF) entity;

receive security negotiation information from a centralized unit control plane (CU-CP), wherein the security negotiation information comprises an integrity protection indication identifier of a centralized unit user plane (CU-UP) disposed in a separate entity than the CU-CP, and wherein the security negotiation information further comprises an encryption protection indication identifier of the CU-UP;

determine, based on the integrity protection indication identifier from the CU-CP, whether to enable session-based user-plane integrity protection of the security negotiation apparatus, wherein determining whether to enable the session-based user-plane integrity protection of the security negotiation apparatus comprises determining to enable the session-based user-plane integrity protection of the security negotiation apparatus when the integrity protection indication identifier indicates that integrity protection of the CU-UP is enabled;

determine, based on the encryption protection indication identifier, whether to enable session-based encryption protection of the apparatus; and

send, after determining to enable the session-based user-plane integrity protection of the security negotiation apparatus, an integrity protection parameter to the CU-CP.

7. The security negotiation apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the security negotiation information further comprises a key generation parameter, and wherein the key generation parameter comprises one or more of:

an instance identifier;

a CU-UP identifier;

a distributed unit (DU) identifier;

a data bearer identifier;

a bearer identifier;

a stream identifier;

a session identifier;

a slice identifier;

a media access control (MAC) layer identifier;

a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling counter;

a frequency identifier;

a cell identifier;

a fresh parameter;

a user-plane integrity protection algorithm type identifier length of the CU-UP;

a user-plane integrity protection algorithm type identifier length of the CU-CP;

a user-plane encryption protection type identifier length of the CU-UP; or

a user-plane encryption protection type identifier length of the CU-CP.

8. The security negotiation apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to be configured to determine not to enable the session-based user-plane integrity protection of the security negotiation apparatus when the integrity protection indication identifier indicates that integrity protection of the CU-UP is not enabled.

9. The security negotiation apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to be configured to send a security negotiation response to the CU CP.

10. The security negotiation apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the security negotiation response comprises an integrity protection parameter.

11. The security negotiation apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the security negotiation response further comprises an indication identifier indicating that the session-based user-plane integrity protection of the security negotiation apparatus is enabled.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2020
From: WU, RONG; ZHANG, BO; TAN, SHUAISHUAI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054538/0623 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810119888.9 · Feb 6, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
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