Access method through radio mobile communication system

• US 6,321,094 B1
• Filed: 01/30/1998
• Issued: 11/20/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Hayashi, Keiichi, Nagai, Hiroto
• Primary Examiner(s): Trost, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ferguson, Keith
• Application Number:
  US09/015,909
• Time in Patent Office: 1,390 Days
• Field of Search: 455/517, 455/403, 455/410, 455/411, 455/422, 455/432, 455/434, 455/435, 455/515, 455/500, 455/59, 455/412, 455/414, 455/418, 455/419, 455/550, 455/552, 455/560, 379/161, 379/168, 379/169, 379/184, 379/194, 380/44, 380/45, 380/26, 380/47, 380/11, 380/6, 380/48, 380/49, 380/50, 380/52
• US Class Current: 455/517
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2211/007 Encryption, En-/decode, En-/decipher, En-/decypher, Scramble, (De-)compress
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/80 Wireless network architectures or network communication protocols for wireless network security H04W12/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0414 during transmission, i.e. party's identity is protected against eavesdropping, e.g. by using temporary identifiers, but is known to the other party or parties involved in the communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3271 using challenge-response
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/037 of the control plane, e.g. signalling traffic

Abstract

In a network system including a wireless mobile communications system, when establishing a connection between a wireless mobile terminal and a host computer connected to a stationary network system, the wireless mobile terminal produces a connection establishment request signal including first information which is required to obtain services from the host computer and then transmits the connection establishment request signal to the host computer. The host computer verifies the first information included in the connection establishment request signal received from the wireless mobile terminal and transmits a response signal back to the wireless mobile terminal only when the first information has been verified. This causes the connection to be established between the wireless mobile terminal and the host computer.

Claims

1. An encryption method for encrypting a part of a transmission signal in a wireless mobile communications system, comprising the steps of:

a) producing a transmission signal including first information to be encrypted, encryption information, and time information which indicates when the transmission signal is transmitted;

b) generating a random number based on the encryption information and the time information;

c) converting the random number to an encryption address value having a predetermined number of digits;

d) reading an encryption value from an encryption table depending on the encryption address value; and

e) encrypting the first information by combining the encryption value and the first information.

2. The encryption method according to claim 1, wherein the step b) comprises the steps of:

generating a Hash value from the encryption information using Hash function;

initializing a random number generator depending on the Hash value; and

generating the random number from the time information.

3. The decryption method according to claim 1, wherein in the step e), the first information is encrypted by Exclusive-ORing the encryption value and the first information.

4. An decryption method for encrypting a part of a reception signal in a wireless mobile communications system, comprising the steps of:

a) receiving a reception signal including encrypted data to be decrypted, encryption information, and time information which indicates when the reception signal is transmitted at a transmitting data;

b) generating a random number based on the encryption information and the time information;

c) converting the random number to an encryption address value having a predetermined number of digits;

d) reading an encryption value from an encryption table depending on the encryption address value; and

e) decrypting the encrypted data by combining the encryption value and the encrypted data.

5. The decryption method according to claim 4, wherein the step b) comprises the steps of:

generating a Hash value from the encryption information using Hash function;

initializing a random number generator depending on the Hash value; and

generating the random number from the time information.

6. The decryption method according to claim 4, wherein in the step e), the encrypted data is decrypted by Exclusive-ORing the encryption value and the encrypted data.