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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2022
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Elif Ustundag Soykan, Stockholm, SE;
Ferhat Karakoc, Istanbul, TR;
Leyli Karacay, Istanbul Ümraniye, TR;
Pinar Comak, Berlare, BE;
Ramin Fuladi, Istanbul, TR;
Utku Gülen, Kadiköy, TR;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
Embodiments described herein provide methods and apparatuses for performing federated learning, FL. A method in a federated learning, FL, server for performing FL with N client nodes, where N is an integer number greater than 1, comprises: receiving () from a first client node, a first message, the first message comprising: a first public key, a first signature, a local model signature, and a local model; verifying (), using the first public key and a public verification function, s, that the first signature was generated from a private signature function and the first public key, wherein the public verification function corresponds to the private signature function, s'; verifying (), using the local model and the first public key, that the local model signature was generated from a first private key and the local model, wherein the first public key corresponds to the first private key; and responsive to the verifying steps being successful, utilizing () the local model to generate an updated global model.