SMART CARD SECURITY FEATURE PROFILE IN HOME SUBSCRIBER SERVER Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC H04W12/08 G06F21/34 

FIELD: radio engineering, communication.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to wireless communication. A method of informing on available security features in user equipment comprises: determining in a network application function a preferred ordered list of desired user equipment security features to be used; sending the preferred ordered list to a database of user security settings via a bootstrapping server function, where the database comprises a generic bootstrapping architecture user security settings database, where the preferred ordered list is sent in a security features request message, where the security features request message is sent using an attribute value pair Diameter message, and where the security features request comprises an element name="securityFeaturesRequest" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"; and receiving by the network application function, via the bootstrapping server function, a security features response comprising a security key, derived from information stored in the database, corresponding to a desired security feature contained in the list, thereby informing the network application function of availability of at least the desired security feature in the user equipment.

EFFECT: providing user equipment security.

20 cl, 6 dwg