US 12,408,040 B2
Quantum-resistant SIM card
Stiepan Aurelien Kovac, Geneva (CH); and John Gregory Underhill, Ottawa (CA)
Appl. No. 17/610,413
Filed by QRC AAA SARL, Fribourg (CH)
PCT Filed Nov. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/001133
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/229871, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 00620/19 (CH), filed on May 10, 2019; and application No. 00731/19 (CH), filed on Jun. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0240095 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H04K 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 12/04 (2021.01); H04W 12/30 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 12/35 (2021.01) [H04W 12/04 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A quantum resistant Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card configured to enable access to mobile or integrated telecommunications networks for a cellular communication device, comprising:
encryption means configured for an encryption of data by a standard of at least 256-bit encryption from a list comprising at least Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)-256 as defined in the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 18033-3:2011 standard and Enhanced AES (eAES);
dynamic loading means configured to dynamically load in an intended legacy communication device an upgraded protocol stack enabling the intended legacy communication device to connect to a New Radio network by reusing existing Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) frequencies mastered by the intended legacy communication device and allowing compatibility with bearer type Next Generation Radio Access Network (NG-RAN); and
at least one hardware accelerator system which enables the quantum resistant SIM card to provide support for the encryption of data according to the standard of at least 256-bit encryption from the list comprising at least AES-256 as defined in the ISO/IEC 18033-3:2011 standard and eAES.