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Method for establishing session key agreement

US6591364B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 28, 1998
Grant dateJul 8, 2003
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Expiry dateAug 28, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W88/02
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In the method for establishing a session key, a network and a mobile transfer codes between one another. The mobile and the network perform mutual authentication based on the codes. Besides performing this mutual authentication, the mobile and the network to establish the session key based on the codes. In one embodiment, the messages forming part of the intended session are sent with the codes, and form a basis upon which the codes for authentication have been derived.

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