Patent ID: 9413686
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for authorizing end-to-end communication, the method comprising: receiving, by a second station from a first station, a connection request message, the connection request message including a first pseudo-random number and a first identifier associated with the first station; transmitting, by the second station, a key request message to an authorization server for an end-to-end management key, the key request message including the first identifier, the first pseudo-random number, a second identifier associated with the second station and a second pseudo-random number associated with the second station; receiving, by the second station from the authorization server, a first response message that includes the end-to-end management key and a first nonce that is based, at least in part, on the second pseudo-random number; and authenticating, by the second station, the end-to-end management key based, at least in part, on determining that the first nonce corresponds to the second pseudo-random number.