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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2017
Applicant:
Nxp B.v.;
Inventors:
Piotr Polak, Eindhoven, NL;
Vibhu Sharma, Nijmegen, NL;
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2018.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/572 (2013.01); G06F 21/575 (2013.01); H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); H04L 9/3263 (2013.01); H04L 63/123 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 9/445 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); H04L 9/32 (2013.01); H04L 9/3242 (2013.01); H04W 12/0023 (2019.01);
Abstract
An apparatus comprising an authentication processor configured to, based on received firmware and predetermined cryptographic authentication information, provide for cryptographic based authentication of the received firmware to control execution of the received firmware by any one of a plurality of processors. Each processor of the plurality of processors is uniquely addressable by a boot sequencer.