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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 26, 2021
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Monica Wifvesson, Lund, SE;

Zhang Fu, Stockholm, SE;

Vesa Lehtovirta, Espoo, FI;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04W 12/037 (2021.01); H04W 12/043 (2021.01); H04W 12/0433 (2021.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/0433 (2021.01); H04L 9/0819 (2013.01); H04W 12/037 (2021.01);
Abstract

A remote communication device can receive a discovery key; receive a communication key and a key identifier, ID, for the communication key; and discover a relay communication device. Discovering the relay communication device can include receiving an encrypted discovery message from the relay communication device and decrypting the encrypted discovery message using the discovery key. The remote communication device can further transmit a direct communication request to the relay communication device responsive to receiving and decrypting the encrypted discovery message from the relay communication device. The direct communication request can include the key ID for the communication key. The remote communication device can further receive an encrypted direct communication response from the relay communication device. Receiving the encrypted direct communication response can include decrypting the encrypted direct communication response.


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