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Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014

Filed:

Sep. 20, 2010
Applicants:

Kent K. Leung, Los Alton, CA (US);

Jayaraman R. Iyer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Viren K. Malaviya, Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kent K. Leung, Los Alton, CA (US);

Jayaraman R. Iyer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Viren K. Malaviya, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Providing a mobility key for a communication session for a mobile station includes facilitating initiation of the communication session. A master key for the communication session is established, where the master key is generated at an authentication server in response to authenticating the mobile station. A mobility key is derived from the authentication key at an access node, where the mobility key is operable to authenticate mobility signaling for the communication session.


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