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Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 04, 2019
Applicant:

T-mobile Usa, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Paul Farag, Renton, WA (US);

Raymond Ball, Seattle, WA (US);

Andrew Watts, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/069 (2021.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04W 12/033 (2021.01); H04W 12/0431 (2021.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/069 (2021.01); H04L 9/0825 (2013.01); H04L 9/3236 (2013.01); H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); H04W 12/033 (2021.01); H04W 12/0431 (2021.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure describes techniques that facilitate the encryption of data communications between a home and VPLMN, along with the verification of a content and origin of encrypted messages at each end of a data communication. In one non-limiting example, the process of verifying the content and origin of an encrypted message is facilitated partly by an exchange of network public keys between the HPLMN and VPLMNs. In another example, a network certificate aggregator (NCA) may act as a certificate authority (CA) by verifying the identities of interacting home and VPLMNs. The NCA may facilitate and exchange public keys between a home and VPLMN, whereby the HPLMN and VPLMNs need only trust and verify an identity of the NCA. Alternatively, the NCA may act as a conduit for data communications between the HPLMN and VPLMN.


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