US Patent Issued to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson on June 24 for "Methods for authentication and key management in a wireless communications network and related apparatuses" (Swedish, Finnish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,164, issued on June 24, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm).

"Methods for authentication and key management in a wireless communications network and related apparatuses" was invented by Noamen Ben Henda (Vallingby, Sweden), Helena Vahidi Mazinani (Lund, Sweden) and Vesa Lehtovirta (Espoo, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method performed by a network server is provided for authentication and key management for a terminal device in a wireless communication network. The method includes authenticating the terminal device during a primary authentication session for the terminal device. The method fu...