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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
May. 20, 2021
Interdigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Samir Ferdi, Kirkland, CA;
Alec Brusilovsky, Downingtown, PA (US);
Michelle Perras, Montreal, CA;
Guanzhou Wang, Brossard, CA;
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems, architectures and interfaces for performing secure command and control (C2) communications in an Unmanned Aerial System (CAS) including a UAV controller (UAV-C) are provided. The method includes on condition that the UAV has completed a registration procedure with a network, transmitting, to a session management function (SMF) of the network, a packet data unit (PDU) session establishment request message; performing a secondary authentication, with any of the USS and the UTM, via the SMF; receiving a PDU session establishment accept message including C2 security information; and establishing C2 communications security with the peer UAV-C using the C2 security information.