US Patent Issued to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON on Aug. 11 for "Methods supporting authentication in wireless communication networks and related network nodes and wireless terminals" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,258, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) (Stockholm).

"Methods supporting authentication in wireless communication networks and related network nodes and wireless terminals" was invented by Monica Wifvesson (Lund, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods in a wireless communication network may include providing a first authentication key, and deriving a second authentication key based on the first authentication key, with the second authentication key being associated with the wireless terminal. Responsive to deriving the second authentication key, a key response message may be transmitted i...