Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for “handling Non-Access Stratum Count And Security Context For Store-And-Forward Operations In A Non-Terrestrial Network”

MUMBAI, India, Aug. 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541010876 A) filed by Samsung Electronics Co. , Ltd. on February 10, 2025, for “handling Non-Access Stratum Count And Security Context For Store-And-Forward Operations In A Non-Terrestrial Network”.

Inventors include Lalith Kumar; Utsav Sinha; Vishal Yadav; and Jagadeesh Gandikota.

The application for the patent was published on August 14, 2026, under issue no. 33/2026.

Abstract: ABSTRACT “HANDLING NON-ACCESS STRATUM COUNT AND SECURITY CONTEXT FOR STORE-AND-FORWARD OPERATIONS IN A NON- TERRESTRIAL NETWORK” The invention provides a method of handling Non-Access Stratum (NAS) count and security context for store-and-forward operations in a non-terrestrial network. Further, the method includes receiving, by a User Equipment (UE) (102), a broadcast information from a network apparatus. Further, the method includes storing, by the UE (102), a plurality of security contexts associated with a respective satellite identifier. Further, the method includes selecting, by the UE (102) based on the received satellite identifier, a security context from the plurality of security contexts stored at the UE. The selected security context corresponds to the satellite identifier of the satellite currently serving the UE (102). Further, the method includes activating, by the UE (102), the selected security context for securing NAS message exchanges associated with the satellite identifier. FIG. 3

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