US Patent Issued to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON on April 8 for "Securing network steering information" (Swedish, Czech, Finnish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,273,714, issued on April 8, was assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) (Stockholm).

"Securing network steering information" was invented by Vesa Torvinen (Sauvo, Finland), Monica Wifvesson (Lund, Sweden) and Ivo Sedkacek (Hovorcovice, Czech Republic).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to certain embodiments, a method by a user equipment (UE) for securing network steering information includes transmitting a registration request to a Visited Public Land Mobile Network (VPLMN). Upon successful authentication by an authentication server function (AUSF), a home network root key is generated. A protected message comprising Net...