Patent ID: 8948723
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of protecting service data in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, by a base station from another device, the service data and code information, the code information including a Walsh code and a long code mask key; when a mobile station, of a plurality of mobile stations within a broadcast area of the base station, has been authenticated by the another device, by comparing a subscriber number to an electronic serial number (ESN), to receive the code information, transmitting, by the base station via an unencrypted message, the code information to the mobile station that has been authenticated by the another device to receive the code information, without transmitting the code information to the mobile station of the plurality of mobile stations that has not authenticated by the another device to receive the code information, so that the mobile station that has been authenticated releases a currently connected call and converts into a data receive state; enciphering the service data with the Walsh code and the long code mask key; and broadcasting the service data from the base station to each of the plurality of mobile stations within the broadcast area of the base station such that only the mobile station of the plurality of mobile stations that is authenticated to receive the code information is able to use both the Walsh code and the long code mask key to decrypt the service data.