Long term evolution (LTE) communications over trusted hardware

摘要

A Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication network transfers data communications for User Equipment (UE). An LTE gateway system exchanges hardware trust data with a server system to maintain hardware trust for the LTE gateway system. An LTE access node processes a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message that contains a trusted bearer requirement for the UE to generate an S1 Application Protocol (S1-AP) initial UE message that contains the trusted bearer requirement for the UE. An LTE management node processes the S1-AP initial UE message to generate a General Packet Radio Service Transfer Protocol (GTP) create session message that contains the trusted bearer requirement for the UE. The LTE gateway system exchanges user data for the UE between the LTE access node and a communication node responsive to the GTP create session message.

主权项

1. A method of operating a Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication network to transfer data communications for User Equipment (UE), the method comprising:
in a first LTE gateway system, exchanging first hardware trust data with a trusted server system to maintain hardware trust for the first LTE gateway system; in an LTE access node, processing a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message that contains a trusted bearer requirement for the UE to generate an S1 Application Protocol (S1-AP) initial UE message that contains the trusted bearer requirement for the UE; in an LTE management node, processing the S1-AP initial UE message to generate a General Packet Radio Service Transfer Protocol (GTP) create session message that contains the trusted bearer requirement for the UE; and in the first LTE gateway system, exchanging user data for the UE between the LTE access node and a communication node responsive to the GTP create session message.