Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and device of generating a key for device-to-device communication between a first user equipment and a second user equipment
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Application No.: US14433725Application Date: 2012-10-19
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Publication No.: US10341859B2Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: Yang Liu , Da Jiang Zhang , Silke Holtmanns
- Applicant: Nokia Technologies Oy
- Applicant Address: FI Espoo
- Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
- Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
- Current Assignee Address: FI Espoo
- Agency: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/CN2012/083191 WO 20121019
- International Announcement: WO2014/059657 WO 20140424
- Main IPC: H04W12/04
- IPC: H04W12/04 ; H04W76/11 ; H04L9/08 ; H04W76/14 ; H04L29/06 ; H04W76/27

Abstract:
A method of generating a key for D2D communication between a first user equipment and a second user equipment in a first radio access node is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the method may comprise: receiving a request for D2D key generation from the first user equipment which is served by the first radio access node; determining whether the second user equipment is served by the first radio access node; when it is determined that the second user equipment is served by the first radio access node, generating a first random number and a second random number; generating a first D2D key based on the first random number and a second D2D key based on the second random number; sending the first D2D key and the second random number to the second user equipment; and sending the second D2D key and the first random number to the first user equipment; and when it is determined that the second user equipment is not served by the first radio access node, determining a second radio access node which serves the second user equipment; generating a first random number; generating a first D2D key based on the first random number; sending the first D2D key to the second radio access node; receiving a second D2D key from the second radio access node; and sending the second D2D key and the first random number to the first user equipment.
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