US 11,877,156 B2
Methods, UE and nodes for handling system information protection
Prajwol Kumar Nakarmi, Sollentuna (SE); and Oscar Ohlsson, Bromma (SE)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/606,793
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Apr. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/SE2020/050375
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 27, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/222686, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/839,828, filed on Apr. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0167169 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 12/03 (2021.01); H04W 12/106 (2021.01); H04W 76/20 (2018.01); H04W 12/0431 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 12/106 (2021.01) [H04W 12/03 (2021.01); H04W 12/0431 (2021.01); H04W 76/20 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a User Equipment (UE) in a communications system, the method comprising:
providing information indicating the UE's System Information (SI) protection capability to a node, wherein the SI protection capability is associated with the UE's capability to verify SI signatures and need to verify SI signatures;
obtaining SI protection information from the node; and
using the SI protection information, wherein the using the SI protection information comprises verifying SI signatures.