Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and devices having a key distributor function for improving the speed and quality of a handover
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Application No.: US14858018Application Date: 2015-09-18
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Publication No.: US09860220B2Publication Date: 2018-01-02
- Inventor: Thomas Gamer , Matthias Roth , Michael Bahr , Christian Schwingenschlogl
- Applicant: Unify GmbH & Co. KG
- Applicant Address: DE Munich
- Assignee: Unify GmbH & Co. KG
- Current Assignee: Unify GmbH & Co. KG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Munich
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: DE102010018286 20100426
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; H04W12/04 ; H04W36/00 ; H04L9/08 ; H04W12/06

Abstract:
A key distributor node for a network includes a memory device with at least one first key, at least one data communication device that can exchange data with first and second access nodes for a terminal integrated wirelessly into the network, at least one processor connected to the memory device and the data communication device, wherein functions are provided for the processor(s) that allow authentication of the terminal at the second access node in response to a key request received by the second access node, a derivation of a second key from the first key, and triggered transmission of the second key through the data communication device to the second access node. Connections to the network's first and second access nodes with security relationships can be provided for the key distributor node when using the first key.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160014102A1 Methods and Devices Having a Key Distributor Function for Improving the Speed and Quality of a Handover Public/Granted day:2016-01-14
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