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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2023
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Ranganathan Mavureddi Dhanasekaran, Munich, DE;
Saurabh Khare, Bangalore, IN;
Suresh P Nair, Estero, FL (US);
NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
There is provided an apparatus comprising means for determining a change of connection at a user equipment from a source access point to a target access point, and means for receiving, from the target access point, an indication that an associated gateway function is the same for the source access point and the target access point. The apparatus also comprising means for generating an access point key based on the received indication from the target access point, and means for securing communications with the target access point using the generated access point key.