US 12,470,917 B2
Registering a user equipment to a communication network
Ranganathan Mavureddi Dhanasekaran, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
Filed by Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
Filed on Mar. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/177,260.
Claims priority of application No. 20225217 (FI), filed on Mar. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0292115 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 12/041 (2021.01); H04W 12/72 (2021.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 12/041 (2021.01) [H04W 8/18 (2013.01); H04W 12/72 (2021.01); H04W 60/00 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
generate a subscription concealed identifier, SUCI, comprising a protection scheme identifier and a home network public key identifier;
wherein at least one of the following: a part of the protection scheme identifier or a part of the home network public key identifier comprises a version indication of at least one of the following: the protection scheme identifier or the home network public key identifier;
generate the SUCI based on a default version indication and a default configuration of at least one of the following: the protection scheme identifier or the home network key identifier, in response to a received registration reject including the default version indication; and
wherein the default configuration corresponds to a lowest priority or highest index of at least one of: the protection scheme identifier and the home network public key identifier.