Method and system for enhancing cryptographic capabilities of a wireless device using broadcasted random noise

• US 9,036,821 B2
• Filed: 01/21/2014
• Issued: 05/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Interdigital Technology Corporation (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Interdigital Technology Corporation (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Inventors: Reznik, Alexander, Briancon, Alain C., Dodis, Yevgeniy, Shah, Yogendra C., Ye, Chunxuan, DiFazio, Robert A., Cha, Inhyok
• Primary Examiner(s): LEWIS, LISA C
• Application Number:
  US14/160,134
• Publication Number:
  US 20140133654A1
• Time in Patent Office: 483 Days
• Field of Search: 380/268
• US Class Current: 380/268
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/08 Randomization, e.g. dummy operations or using noise
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/80 Wireless network architectures or network communication protocols for wireless network security H04W12/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0457 wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply dynamic encryption, e.g. stream encryption cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for stream encryption H04L9/065
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/065 Encryption by serially and continuously modifying data stream elements, e.g. stream cipher systems, RC4, SEAL or A5/3
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0869 involving random numbers or seeds
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0875 based on channel impulse response [CIR]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/033 of the user plane, e.g. user's traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/041 Key generation or derivation

Abstract

A secret stream of bits begins by receiving a public random stream contained in a wireless communication signal at a transmit/receive unit. The public random stream is sampled and specific bits are extracted according to a shared common secret. These extracted bits are used to create a longer secret stream. The shared common secret may be generated using JRNSO techniques, or provided to the transmit/receive units prior to the communication session. Alternatively, one of the transmit/receive unit is assumed to be more powerful than any potential eavesdropper. In this situation, the powerful transmit/receive unit may broadcast and store a public random stream. The weaker transmit/receive unit selects select random bits of the broadcast for creating a key. The weaker transmit/receive unit sends the powerful transmit/receive unit the selected bit numbers, and powerful transmit/receive unit uses the random numbers to produce the key created by the weaker transmit/receive unit.

Claims

1. A method implemented in a first transmit/receive unit for generating a secret stream of data based on received random public noise, the method comprising:

generating a set of random numbers;

generating a set of random data by sampling a random public noise stream for a session period using the set of random numbers;

upon completion of the session period, transmitting the set of random numbers to a second transmit/receive unit;

generating a secret key based on the set of random data, whereby the second transmit/receive unit extracts the same secret key by sampling the random public noise stream for the session period using the random numbers; and

transmitting encrypted data to the second transmit/receive unit using the secret key for encryption.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second transmit/receive unit is a cellular base station.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the extracting is performed when the first transmit/receive unit is in sleep mode.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating the random public noise stream at the first transmit/receive unit.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising receiving a request to adjust a randomness rate of the random public noise stream.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising determining that the request is received from an authorized device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting a request to adjust the random public noise stream'"'"'s randomness rate.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the encrypted data includes transmitting the encrypted data to a plurality of transmit/receive units.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the random public noise stream is transmitted by a base station in a cellular network.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the random public noise stream is transmitted as part of a non-cellular wireless communication system.

11. A first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for transmitting and receiving encrypted data using public random noise;

the WTRU comprising;

a receiver that;

receives a random public noise stream for a session period;

a memory that stores a set of random data;

a processor that executes instructions for;

generating a set of random numbers,

generating the set of random data by sampling the random public noise stream using the random numbers,

generating a secret key based on the set of random data, whereby a second WTRU extracts the same secret key by sampling the random public noise stream for the session period using the random numbers, and

generating encrypted data using the secret key for encryption; and

a transmitter that;

transmits the set of random numbers to the second WTRU upon completion of the session period, and

transmits the encrypted data to the second WTRU.

12. The WTRU of claim 11, wherein the second WTRU is a cellular base station.

13. The WTRU of claim 11, wherein the extracting is performed when the first WTRU is in sleep mode.

14. The WTRU of claim 11, further comprising generating the random public noise stream at the first WTRU.

15. The WTRU of claim 14, further comprising receiving a request to adjust a randomness rate of the random public noise stream.

16. The WTRU of claim 15, further comprising determining that the request is received from an authorized device.

17. The WTRU of claim 11, further comprising transmitting a request to adjust the random public noise stream'"'"'s randomness rate.

18. The WTRU of claim 11, wherein transmitting the encrypted data includes transmitting the encrypted data to a plurality of WTRUs.

19. The WTRU of claim 11, wherein the random public noise stream is transmitted by a base station in a cellular network.

20. The WTRU of claim 11, wherein the random public noise stream is transmitted as part of a non-cellular wireless communication system.