ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,342, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Method for configuring evolved packet system non-access stratum security algorithm and related apparatus" was invented by Xiange Hu (Shanghai), Linping Yang (Shanghai), Wen Hu (Shanghai) and Li Qiang (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application discloses methods and related apparatuses for configuring an EPS NAS security algorithm in the field of communication technologies. In an example technical solution provided in this application, an access and mobility management function entity determines whether a selected EPS NAS security alg...