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Method of controlling a network entity and a mobile station

  • US 7,283,804 B2
  • Filed: 06/26/2002
  • Issued: 10/16/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of controlling a network entity of a mobile communication network and a mobile station, wherein said network entity and said mobile station are adapted to conduct a plurality of predetermined message exchange procedures in the course of which predetermined messages are exchanged between said network entity and said mobile station depending on the given procedure, where said predetermined messages may be encrypted, an encrypted message being any message of which at least a part is encrypted, and where said network entity and said mobile station are adapted to conduct one or more encryption key generation procedures during which the network entity and the mobile station generate and store respective corresponding encryption keys in order to be able to encrypt and decrypt exchanged messages, said method comprises the steps of:

  • if said network entity receives a message from said mobile station, determining whether said received message is encrypted;

    if the received message is encrypted, determining whether a correct encryption key for decrypting said message is available to said network entity and, if no correct key is available, sending a predetermined triggering message to said mobile station; and

    upon receiving said predetermined triggering message, said mobile station interrupting the procedure in the course of which it sent the encrypted message for which the network entity did not have a correct key, and initiating an encryption key generation procedure;

    wherein said messages are arranged such that they have a first part and a second part, said first part being an unencrypted part that is not allowed to be encrypted, and said second part being encryptable; and

    ,wherein said messages are arranged such that said first part contains a message type identifier identifying the type of the message, and after having received a message from said mobile station, said network entity identifies the message type of said received message from the message type identifier and determines whether said identified message type belongs to a predetermined category, and sends said predetermined triggering message to said mobile station only if the message type of said received message falls into said predetermined category.

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