US 12,267,895 B2
Security mechanism for connection establishment over multi-hop sidelinks
Nathan Edward Tenny, San Jose, CA (US); Yuan-Chieh Lin, Hsinchu (TW); and Ming-Yuan Cheng, Hsinchu (TW)
Assigned to MEDIATEK SINGAPORE PTE. LTD., Singapore (SG)
Filed by MEDIATEK SINGAPORE PTE. LTD., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/832,976.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/217,820, filed on Jul. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0007710 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 12/041 (2021.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01); H04W 12/106 (2021.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/14 (2018.02) [H04W 12/041 (2021.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 12/106 (2021.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of a relay user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving, at the relay UE, from a first neighbor UE, a communication request message for establishing a connection between an initiating UE and a target UE, the communication request message including first security-establishment-related information originating from the initiating UE for establishing a security association between the initiating UE and the target UE;
modifying the communication request message to add second security-establishment-related information for establishing a security association between the relay UE and a second neighbor UE; and
transmitting to the second neighbor UE the modified communication request message that includes
the first security-establishment-related information originating from the initiating UE for establishing the security association between the initiating UE and the target UE, and
the second security-establishment-related information added by the relay UE for establishing the security association between the relay UE and the second neighbor UE.