Secure Bundle Transfer Between 5G IoT Devices

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a need for a reliable method to transfer and install bundles between smart security media in electronic devices, particularly in 5G communication systems and IoT environments, where secure and efficient transmission of security information is crucial.

Innovation Solution

The solution involves an electronic device that selects a bundle to transmit, checks and updates the bundle transfer configuration, binds a transfer code to the bundle, and performs certificate negotiation for authentication, enabling secure and efficient transfer and installation of the bundle in another device.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If bundle transfer configuration is checked and updated before transmission, then reliability of bundle transfer is improved, but device complexity increases due to additional configuration management steps

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebundle transfer reliabilityVSAvoidconfiguration management complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs bundle transfer configuration checking and updating as preliminary actions before the actual bundle transmission. The transmitting device checks whether bundle transfer configuration exists, and if not, obtains and updates the configuration before proceeding with transfer. This ensures reliability is established in advance, preventing transfer failures during execution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The bundle transfer configuration acts as an intermediary element that mediates between the transmitting and receiving devices. It contains necessary parameters (bundle identifier, transfer address, port number) that enable the actual transfer process. The configuration serves as a preparatory structure that simplifies the complex transfer operation by pre-organizing required information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If certificate negotiation and authentication are performed, then security of bundle transfer is improved, but transfer time increases due to additional authentication steps

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransfer securityVSAvoidauthentication time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Certificate negotiation and authentication are performed as preliminary actions before the actual bundle data transmission. The transmitting device sends a bundle transfer request including its certificate, and the receiving device verifies the certificate and sends back authentication information. This preliminary authentication ensures security is established before time-consuming data transfer begins.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses certificate copies and authentication information copies during the negotiation process. Instead of repeatedly transmitting full certificate data, the devices exchange authentication information that serves as verified copies, reducing the time overhead of multiple authentication rounds while maintaining security.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Measurement precision

If bundle transfer code is bound with bundle identifier, then accuracy of bundle identification is improved, but information processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebundle identification accuracyVSAvoidinformation processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the bundle transfer code with the bundle identifier into a single bound structure. The transmitting device generates a bundle transfer code that is bound with the bundle identifier, creating a unified identification mechanism. This merged structure improves identification accuracy by ensuring the code and identifier are consistently linked, while the binding process itself is automated to minimize processing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentEP3993343B1Method and device for transferring bundle between devices
Publication Date: 2024.12.11 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4h-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure discloses a method and a device for safely moving and managing a bundle when moving the bundle between smart security media.