| 摘要 |
<p>The invention provides a method of refreshing a key in a user plane architecture 1A based dual connectivity situation. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method, in a secondary eNB in a dual connectivity communication scenario, of refreshing a key, is provided, wherein a user equipment, a master eNB and a secondary eNB form dual connectivity, a user plane architecture 1A is applied for the dual connectivity, and the master eNB uses a master eNB key, the secondary eNB uses a secondary eNB key, the method comprises following steps: - receiving a new secondary eNB key from the master eNB; - receiving a key fresh complete from the master eNB, which indicates the user equipment has refreshed the secondary eNB key; - implementing a random access procedure with the user equipment; and- refreshing the secondary eNB key with the new secondary eNB key, and implementing data transmission with the user equipment with the new secondary eNB key.</p> |
