Pairing method applied to short-range communication system and wireless device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12556928-B2
Application number	US-202217971820-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 24, 2022
Priority date	Apr 24, 2020
Publication date	Feb 17, 2026
Grant date	Feb 17, 2026

Abstract

A pairing method applied to a short-range communication system and a related wireless device in the field of wireless communication are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining, by a first wireless device, a first password, where the first password is shared by the first wireless device and a second wireless device; and pairing, by the first wireless device, with the second wireless device based on a password-based authenticated key exchange (PAKE) protocol and by using the first password as an encryption password in a key exchange process.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A pairing method applied to a short-range communication system including a first wireless device and a second wireless device, comprising:
obtaining, by the first wireless device, a first password, wherein the first password is shared by the first wireless device and the second wireless device; and pairing, by the first wireless device, with the second wireless device based on a password-based authenticated key exchange (PAKE) protocol and by using the first password as an encryption password in a key exchange process, the pairing with the second wireless device based on a password-based authenticated key exchange (PAKE) protocol and by using the first password as an encryption password in a key exchange process comprises: sending by the first wireless device, first information to the second wireless device, wherein the first information is obtained by the first wireless device by encrypting a first public key by using the first password, and the first information is used by the second wireless device to obtain a first session key based on the first public key; receiving, by the first wireless device, second information fed back by the second wireless device in response to the first information, wherein the second information is obtained by the second wireless device by using the first session key and is used to respond to the first information; and obtaining, by the first wireless device, third information based on the first password and the second information, wherein the third information is used by the second wireless device to obtain a first random number generated by the first wireless device.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first password comprises at least one of an account, a password, a digital signature, biometric feature information, a digital certificate, or voice information.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the pairing with the second wireless device based on a password-based authenticated key exchange (PAKE) protocol and by using the first password as an encryption password in a key exchange process further comprises:
pairing, by the first wireless device, with the second wireless device by using the first password and the second information.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the pairing with the second wireless device by using the first password and the second information comprises:
sending, by the first wireless device, the third information to the second wireless device; receiving, by the first wireless device, fourth information fed back by the second wireless device in response to the third information, wherein the fourth information is used by the first wireless device to obtain a second random number fed back by the second wireless device for the first random number; and determining, by the first wireless device when the first random number is the same as the second random number, that pairing with the second wireless device succeeds.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the obtaining, by the first wireless device, third information based on the first password and the second information comprises:
processing, by the first wireless device, the second information by using the first password, to obtain a second public key; obtaining, by the first wireless device, a second session key based on the second public key and a first private key; and encrypting, by the first wireless device, the first random number by using the second session key, to obtain the third information.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the processing, by the first wireless device, the second information by using the first password, to obtain a second public key comprises:
processing, by the first wireless device, the second information by using the first password, to obtain the second public key and a third random number, wherein the third random number corresponds to a fourth random number generated by the second wireless device; and the encrypting, by the first wireless device, the first random number by using the second session key, to obtain the third information comprises: processing, by the first wireless device, the first random number and the third random number by using the second session key, to obtain the third information, wherein the third random number is used by the second wireless device to determine to end a pairing procedure with the first wireless device or to continue a pairing procedure with the first wireless device.

7 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein before the sending, by the first wireless device, first information to the second wireless device, the method further comprises:
sending, by the first wireless device, feature exchange acknowledgement information to the second wireless device, wherein the feature exchange acknowledgement information comprises a first encryption algorithm; and encrypting, by the first wireless device, the first public key by using the first password as an encryption password and by using the first encryption algorithm, to obtain the first information.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the feature exchange acknowledgement information further comprises a second encryption algorithm; and before the encrypting, by the first wireless device, the first public key by using the first password as an encryption password and by using the first encryption algorithm, to obtain the first information, the method further comprises:
performing, by the first wireless device, one-way encryption on private information by using the second encryption algorithm, to obtain the first password, wherein the private information is shared by the first wireless device and the second wireless device.

9 . A wireless device pairing method applied to a short-range communication system including a first wireless device and a second wireless device, comprising:
obtaining, by the second wireless device, a first password, wherein the first password is shared by the second wireless device and the first wireless device; and pairing, by the second wireless device, with the first wireless device based on a password-based authenticated key exchange (PAKE) protocol and by using the first password as an encryption password in a key exchange process, the pairing, by the second wireless device, with the first wireless device based on a password-based authenticated key exchange (PAKE) protocol and by using the first password as an encryption password in a key exchange process comprises: receiving, by the second wireless device, first information from the first wireless device; processing, by the second wireless device, the first information by using the first password, to obtain a first session key; encrypting, by the second wireless device by using the first session key, a fourth random number generated by the second wireless device, to obtain a first encrypted random number; and encrypting, by the second wireless device, the first encrypted random number by using the first password as an encryption password, to obtain second information for pairing.

10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the first password comprises at least one of an account, a password, a digital signature, biometric feature information, a digital certificate, or voice information.

11 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the pairing, by the second wireless device, with the first wireless device based on a password-based authenticated key exchange (PAKE) protocol and by using the first password as an encryption password in a key exchange process comprises:
pairing, by the second wireless device, with the first wireless device by using the first password and the

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Huazhang
• Li Weihua
• Guo Zhan

Classifications

• H04W12/03

  Protecting confidentiality, e.g. by encryption · CPC title

• H04W12/069

  using certificates or pre-shared keys · CPC title

• H04W76/14

  Direct-mode setup · CPC title

• H04L2209/80

  Wireless · CPC title

• H04L9/0844

  with user authentication or key authentication, e.g. ElGamal, MTI, MQV-Menezes-Qu-Vanstone protocol or Diffie-Hellman protocols using implicitly-certified keys · CPC title