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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2008
Applicants:
Fredrik Lindholm, Älvsjö, SE;
Mattias Johansson, Johanneshov, SE;
Karl Norrman, Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a key management method to establish selective secret information in multiple disjoint groups, more specifically to a method of reducing the broadcast size in access hierarchies and localize and facilitate management in said access hierarchies. The key management method selects a number of subgroups. Each subgroup supports an instance of a key distribution method for receiving distributed key material, and is capable of computing a usage security key based on the distributed key material and predefined user group key material.