Patent ID: 11882441
Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A wireless communication network configured to perform quantum authentication for a wireless User Equipment (UE), the wireless communication network comprising:
network quantum circuitry configured to select polarization states for qubits, generate and transfer the qubits, exchange cryptography information with edge quantum circuitry, generate cryptography keys based on polarization states and cryptography information, and transfer the cryptography keys to network authentication circuitry;
the edge quantum circuitry configured to receive and process the qubits, determine the polarization states for the qubits, exchange the cryptography information with the network quantum circuitry, generate the cryptography keys based on the polarization states and cryptography information, and transfer the cryptography keys to the wireless UE, wherein the wireless UE generates authentication data based on the cryptography keys and wirelessly transfers the authentication data for delivery to the network authentication circuitry; and
the network authentication circuitry configured to receive the cryptography keys and the authentication data and responsively authenticate the wireless UE based on the cryptography keys and the authentication data.