US 12,439,255 B2
Network response against malicious nodes
Yavuz Yapici, Florham Park, NJ (US); Igor Gutman, Hod HaSharon (IL); Junyi Li, Fairless Hills, PA (US); and Tao Luo, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/812,162.
Prior Publication US 2024/0022909 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 12/08 (2021.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 12/12 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 12/08 (2013.01) [H04L 63/162 (2013.01); H04W 12/12 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
a transceiver;
a memory; and
at least one processor coupled to the memory and to the transceiver, the at least one processor configured to:
transmit, via the transceiver, a first report indicating a presence of an unauthorized network node, the first report including information associated with the unauthorized network node, and
receive, via the transceiver, a first message indicating a first security measure to be applied for communications between authorized network nodes including the UE, the first message based on the first report and a second report from one of the authorized network nodes, the second report including further information associated with the unauthorized network node, and the first security measure being one of: a re-authentication process of the UE, a scrambling sequence, an upper-layer encryption algorithm, or a false physical (PHY) layer signature.