Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Subscription concealed identifier (SUCI) supporting post-quantum cryptography
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Application No.: US17361124Application Date: 2021-06-28
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Publication No.: US11838417B2Publication Date: 2023-12-05
- Inventor: John A Nix
- Applicant: John A Nix
- Applicant Address: US IL Evanston
- Assignee: John A Nix
- Current Assignee: John A Nix
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Evanston
- Agency: GrowIP Law Group LLC
- Main IPC: H04L9/30
- IPC: H04L9/30 ; H04L9/08

Abstract:
A device and a network can authenticate using a subscription concealed identifier (SUCI). The device can store (i) a plaintext subscription permanent identifier (SUPI) for the device, (ii) a network static public key, and (iii) a key encapsulation mechanism (KEM) for encryption using the network static public key. The network can store (i) a device database with the SUPI, (ii) a network static private key, and (iii) the KEM for decryption using the network static private key. The device can (i) combine a random number with the SUPI as input into the KEM to generate a ciphertext as the SUCI, and (ii) transmit the ciphertext/SUCI to the network. The network can (i) decrypt the ciphertext using the KEM to read the SUPI, (iii) select a key K from the device database using the SUPI, and (iv) conduct an Authentication and Key Agreement (AKA) with the selected key K.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210409214A1 Subscription Concealed Identifier (SUCI) Supporting Post-Quantum Cryptography Public/Granted day:2021-12-30
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