Patent ID: 8213940
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A mobile communication method in which a mobile station performs a handover from a handover source radio base station to a handover target radio base station by an interface via a switching center, the mobile communication method comprising the steps of: (A) acquiring, at the handover target radio base station, from the switching center, a first key for generating a certain key used in a communication between the handover target radio base station and the mobile station; and (B) generating, at the mobile station, a first key for generating a certain key used in a communication between the handover target radio base station and the mobile station, based on a parameter obtained by incrementing a parameter which is included in a handover command signal and which is used upon creating a first key used in a communication between the handover source radio base station and the mobile station, when receiving the handover command signal from the handover source radio base station.