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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
May. 04, 2020
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Angelo Centonza, Granada, ES;
Maximilian Popescu, Skärblacka, SE;
Ioanna Pappa, Stockholm, SE;
Thomas Walldeen, Linköping, SE;
Martin Israelsson, Spånga, SE;
Alexander Vesely, Feldbach, AT;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A network node () of a radio access network (RAN) of a wireless communication network () provides user plane security by establishing a secure tunnel between first and second tunnel endpoints () that will handle respective protocol layers of a same protocol stack for a Data Radio Bearer (DRB) () that is dedicated to user plane traffic and has yet to be established. Establishing the secure tunnel comprises exchanging an inner Internet Protocol (IP) address and an outer IP address of each of the endpoints () between the endpoints ().