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Communication apparatus, control method, and storage medium

US9843444B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 9, 2013
Grant dateDec 12, 2017
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Expiry dateOct 14, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W84/18
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a communication apparatus for executing processing for sharing an encryption key between itself and another party's communication apparatus, wherein the communication apparatus executes the processing, respectively at least one time, as an authenticating apparatus and an authenticated apparatus. The communication apparatus determines which encryption key of an encryption key provided by this communication apparatus and an encryption key provided by the other party's communication apparatus is the encryption key used in common by this communication apparatus and the other party's communication apparatus, and decides, in accordance with result of the determination, which of this communication apparatus and the other party's communication apparatus is to be made the authenticating apparatus first.

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