Granted Patent B2

US 12,418,791 · App. 17/792,144 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Inventors: Vivek Sharma (Basingstoke, GB); Hideji Wakabayashi (Basingstoke, GB)

Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

H04W12/03H04W12/041H04W12/0431

Abstract

Claims (33)

1. A base station for a mobile telecommunications system, comprising circuitry configured to:

receive a random access request from a user equipment (UE);

transmit a radio resource control (RRC) setup message to the UE;

send a non-access stratum (NAS) signaling message including subscription and credentials to an access mobility management function (AMF) entity received from the UE for determining a cipher key for access to encrypted time-sensitive network information or enhanced positioning assistance information in a cell hosting and sharing functionalities of a non-public cell and a public cell during a NG setup procedure;

send a response NAS signaling message to the UE from the AMF entity;

obtain the time-sensitive network information or the enhanced positioning assistance information, the time-sensitive network information or the enhanced positioning assistance information being based on at least one of a geographical area or from the base station of the cell;

selectively encrypt the time-sensitive network information or the enhanced positioning assistance information for including the encrypted time-sensitive network information or the encrypted enhanced positioning assistance information in system information based on a deployment of a non-public mobile telecommunications system; and

transmit the system information to the user equipment in the cell,

wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

generate a public cell and a non-public cell,

transmit an indication of the cell hosting and sharing functionalities of the non-public cell and the public cell during a setup procedure to the AMF entity where a non-public mobile telecommunications system (NPN) operator and a public mobile telecommunications system (PN) operator share the cell, and

selectively encrypt the time-sensitive network information or the enhanced positioning assistance information only in response the cell hosting and sharing functionalities of the non-public cell and the public cell.

2. A base station for a mobile telecommunications system, comprising circuitry configured to:

receive a random access request from a user equipment (UE);

transmit a radio resource control (RRC) setup message to the UE;

send a non-access stratum (NAS) signaling message including subscription and credentials to an access mobility management function (AMF) entity received from the UE for determining a cipher key for access to encrypted time-sensitive network information in a cell;

send a response NAS signaling message to the UE from the AMF entity, including the determined cipher key for access to the encrypted time-sensitive network information or enhanced positioning assistance information in the cell hosting and sharing functionalities of a non-public cell and a public cell during a NG setup procedure;

obtain time-sensitive network information or the enhanced positioning assistance information and the cipher key, the time-sensitive network information or the enhanced positioning assistance information being based on at least one of a geographical area or an obtained indication from the base station of the cell;

selectively encrypt the time-sensitive network information or the enhanced positioning assistance information for including the encrypted time-sensitive network information or the encrypted enhanced positioning assistance information in system information based on a deployment of a non-public mobile telecommunications system; and

transmit the system information to the user equipment in the cell,

wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

generate a public cell and a non-public cell,

transmit an indication of the cell hosting and sharing functionalities of the non-public cell and the public cell during a setup procedure to the AMF entity where a non-public mobile telecommunications system (NPN) operator and a public mobile telecommunications system (PN) operator share the cell, and

selectively encrypt the time-sensitive network information or the enhanced positioning assistance information only in response the cell hosting and sharing functionalities of the non-public cell and the public cell.

3. The base station according to claim 2 , wherein the encryption is performed when the cipher key is obtained from the access mobility management function entity.

4. The base station according to claim 2 , wherein the generation of the cipher key is based on a counter mechanism.

5. The base station according to claim 2 , wherein a validity timer is associated with the obtained cipher key.

6. The base station according to claim 2 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

obtain an indication of a change in security parameters from the AMF; and

transmit the obtained indication of the change in security parameters to the user equipment in the cell.

7. The base station according to claim 6 , wherein the security parameters include at least one of the cipher key, a validity period, a security algorithm and a counter value re-initialization.

8. The base station according to claim 2 , wherein the system information transmitted to the user equipment in the cell includes information for indicating the user equipment whether the time-sensitive network information included in the system information is encrypted.

9. The base station according to claim 2 , wherein the system information transmitted to the user equipment in the cell includes information for indicating the user equipment whether the enhanced positioning assistance information included in the system information is encrypted.

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