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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
May. 20, 2003
You-sung Kang, Daejeon, KR;
Byung-ho Chung, Daejeon, KR;
You-sung Kang, Daejeon, KR;
Byung-ho Chung, Daejeon, KR;
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
A key descriptor structure exchanged between a wireless LAN terminal and an access point, and a method and apparatus for cryptographing wireless data are provided. The key descriptor structure includes a key initial vector which is a random number generated in the access point, a key descriptor type which indicates an encryption algorithm, and a plurality of key materials encrypted according to the encryption algorithm of the key descriptor using the key initial vector and a master session key shared between the wireless LAN terminal and the access point as an encryption key.