| 摘要 |
An apparatus and method is described for authentication while exchanging data in a communication system includes deriving (100) an authentication signature from a shared secret, data in an existing data packet, and/or a sender identification. A next step (102) includes appending the authentication signature in an authentication field to the existing data packet. A next step (104) includes sending the data packet with the appended authentication field. A next step (106) includes receiving the data packet by a base station. A next step (108) includes verifying that the authentication field was produced by a sender possessing the shared secret. A next step (110) includes returning an acknowledgement message. |
