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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2020
Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore, SG;
Jay Prakash, Singapore, SG;
Tony Quee Seng Quek, Singapore, SG;
Andrei Bytes, Singapore, SG;
Jianying Zhou, Singapore, SG;
Jemin Lee, Singapore, SG;
Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A method of establishing a direct wireless communication link between a first device and a second device (the first device being designated as a sender and the second device being designated as a receiver) comprises: a proximity authentication operation that comprises determining, based on signals received by the first and second devices over one or more RF channels from a plurality of wireless access points, that the first device is proximate the second device; following the proximity authentication operation, a key generation operation that comprises: generating a shared secret by performing randomness extraction on respective signals received at the first and second devices over a selected channel of the one or more RF channels; and establishing the direct wireless communication link using the shared secret.