US 12,418,569 B2
Network management
Anja Jerichow, Grafing bei Muenchen (DE); and Genevieve Mange, Stuttgart (DE)
Assigned to Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 17/769,501
Filed by Nokia Technologies OY, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Oct. 15, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/078985
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/074266, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19203604 (EP), filed on Oct. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0129885 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 9/10 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 67/14 (2022.01); H04W 12/106 (2021.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 63/20 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method in an apparatus, the method comprising:
receiving first information from an external time-sensitive network via a time sensitive network adaptor function included in the apparatus;
determining, using a session management function included in the apparatus, that enforcement of a security policy is to be implemented for user plane transfer of precision time protocol messages for a bridge session;
generating security information, based on the first information, by defining the security policy, the security policy identifying protection policies associated with the user plane transfer of precision time protocol messages;
storing the security information; and
transmitting the security information to at least one network node, the security information enabling the at least one network node to implement the security policy.