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

Claim 0:
1. A method of operating a wireless communication network to perform quantum authentication for a wireless User Equipment (UE), the method comprising:
network quantum circuitry selecting polarization states for qubits, generating and transferring qubits, exchanging cryptography information with edge quantum circuitry, generating cryptography keys based on polarization states and cryptography information, and transferring the cryptography keys to network authentication circuitry;
the edge quantum circuitry receiving and processing the qubits, determining the polarization states for the qubits, exchanging the cryptography information with the network quantum circuitry, generating the cryptography keys based on the polarization states and cryptography information, and transferring 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 receiving the cryptography keys and the authentication data and responsively authenticating the wireless UE based on the cryptography keys and the authentication data.