Home Network Parameter Update (HOPU) Procedure

Organization Name

telefonaktiebolaget lm ericsson (publ)

Inventor(s)

David Castellanos Zamora of Madrid ES

Cheng Wang of Shanghai CN

Helena Vahidi Mazinani of Lund SE

Home Network Parameter Update (HOPU) Procedure

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250106624 titled 'Home Network Parameter Update (HOPU) Procedure

Original Abstract Submitted

a wireless communication device () generates key material () during an authentication and key agreement procedure () with a home network () of the wireless communication device (). the wireless communication device () transmits, as part of a home network parameter update procedure () to update the home network () with one or more parameters (p), a message () that includes the one or more parameters (p) and that protects the one or more parameters (p) using the generated key material (). in some embodiments, the home network parameter update procedure () is independent from, and/or is performable separately from, a user equipment, ue, parameter update, upu, procedure for updating the wireless communication device () with a set of parameters (p) stored at the home network ().