Patent ID: 11902260
Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with software comprising computer executable instructions and, when the software is executed on a processor of a network node of a network system, operable to cause a processor to:
negotiate a connection within the network system between a user plane node of the network system and a control plane node of the network system;
negotiate an encryption level that indicates which portion of messages between the user plane node and the control plane node will be encrypted, the encryption level selected from an Information Element (IE) level, a message level, or a feature level; and
selectively encrypt the portion of messages exchanged within the network system between the user plane node and the control plane node based on the encryption level for the connection.