IP Library Granted Patent US 12,200,481
Granted Patent B2
US 12,200,481 · App. 17/635,895 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Method and apparatus for protecting information in wireless communication system

Inventors: Kyungjoo Suh (Suwon-si, KR); Kisuk Kweon (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W12/0431H04W12/06H04W60/00
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Patent No.
US 12,200,481
App. No.
17/635,895
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for protecting information in a wireless communication system, and an operating method of a user equipment (UE) in the wireless communication system may include: transmitting, to an access and mobility management function (AMF), a registration request message including security information related to a security key processing capability of the UE; receiving, from the AMF, an authentication request message; transmitting, to the AMF, an authentication response message in response to the authentication request message; receiving, from the AMF, a security mode command message; and transmitting a security mode complete message in response to the security mode command message.

Claims (32)

1. An operating method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the operating method comprising:

transmitting, to an access and mobility management function (AMF), a registration request message comprising UE security information related to a security key processing capability of the UE;

receiving, from the AMF, an authentication request message comprising AMF security information related to a security key of the AMF and timer information indicating a validity time of the security key of the AMF;

transmitting, to the AMF, an authentication response message in response to the authentication request message;

receiving, from the AMF, a security mode command message; and

transmitting a security mode complete message in response to the security mode command message.

2. The operating method of claim 1 , wherein the AMF security information comprises at least one of information indicating whether to use the security key of the AMF, or information indicating whether to use a public key of the AMF.

3. The operating method of claim 2 , wherein the information indicating whether to use the security key of the AMF comprises at least one of information indicating whether to use a key in a previous network system as the security key of the AMF, or information indicating whether to use the security key of the AMF generated in a network system with a hierarchy higher than the previous network system.

4. The operating method of claim 1 , wherein the authentication request message comprises the UE security information related to the security key processing capability of the UE.

5. The operating method of claim 1 , wherein the security mode command message comprises at least one of the AMF security information or the UE security information related to the security key processing capability of the UE.

6. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor configured to:

transmit, via the transceiver to an access and mobility management function (AMF), a registration request message comprising UE security information related to a security key processing capability of the UE,

receive, via the transceiver from the AMF, an authentication request message comprising AMF security information related to a security key of the AMF and timer information indicating a validity time of the security key of the AMF,

transmit, via the transceiver to the AMF, an authentication response message in response to the authentication request message,

receive, via the transceiver from the AMF, a security mode command message, and

transmit, via the transceiver, a security mode complete message in response to the security mode command message.

7. The UE of claim 6 , wherein AMF security information comprises at least one of information indicating whether to use the security key of the AMF, or information indicating whether to use a public key of the AMF.

8. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the information indicating whether to use the security key of the AMF comprises at least one of information indicating whether to use a key in a previous network system as the security key of the AMF, or information indicating whether to use the security key of the AMF generated in a network system with a hierarchy higher than the previous network system.

9. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the authentication request message comprises the UE security information related to the security key processing capability of the UE.

10. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the security mode command message comprises at least one of the AMF security information or the UE security information related to the security key processing capability of the UE.

11. An operating method of an access and mobility management function (AMF) in a wireless communication system, the operating method comprising:

receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a registration request message comprising UE security information related to a security key processing capability of the UE;

transmitting, to the UE, an authentication request message comprising AMF security information related to a security key of the AMF and timer information indicating a validity time of the security key of the AMF;

receiving, from the UE, an authentication response message in response to the authentication request message;

transmitting, to the UE, a security mode command message; and

receiving, from the UE, a security mode complete message in response to the security mode command message.

12. The operating method of claim 11 , wherein the AMF security information of the AMF comprises at least one of information indicating whether to use the security key of the AMF, or information indicating whether to use a public key of the AMF.

13. The operating method of claim 12 , wherein the information indicating whether to use the security key of the AMF comprises at least one of information indicating whether to use a key in a previous network system as the security key of the AMF, or information indicating whether to use the security key of the AMF generated in a network system with a hierarchy higher than the previous network system.

14. The operating method of claim 11 , wherein the authentication request message comprises the UE security information related to the security key processing capability of the UE.

15. The operating method of claim 11 , wherein the security mode command message comprises at least one of the AMF security information or the UE security information related to the security key processing capability of the UE.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2022
From: SUH, KYUNGJOO; KWEON, KISUK
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059126/0839 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0100543 · Aug 16, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220312197A1 · Sep 29, 2022
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