Secure device to device communication
The method allows constrained IoT devices to securely communicate by using a server to generate and distribute communication keys, addressing the limitations of direct key sharing and reducing network congestion and latency.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- GB2024016480
- Authority / Receiving Office
- GB · GB
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-11-08
- Publication Date
- 2026-06-24
AI Technical Summary
Constrained devices, such as Internet of Things (IoT) devices, lack the capability to securely communicate with each other due to limited resources and storage capacity, which restricts services like payments and validation, and existing solutions increase network congestion and latency.
A method where devices generate and encrypt requests to a server, which decrypts and generates communication key material, encrypting it with device-specific keys, allowing devices to securely communicate without sharing keys directly, using a server as a secure control authority (SCA) to manage and distribute cryptographic material.
Enables secure device-to-device communication without requiring pre-shared keys, reducing network congestion and latency, and allowing flexible, scalable secure communications between multiple devices.
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