MUMBAI, India, June 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647072165 A) filed by Qualcomm Incorporated on June 10, 2026, for Protecting Timing Synchronization Function Values With Security Parameters.
Inventors include Patil, Abhishek Pramod; Ho, Sai Yiu Duncan; Cherian, George; Asterjadhi, Alfred; and Naik, Gaurang.
The application for the patent was published on June 19, 2026, under issue no. 25/2026.
Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, components, devices and systems for protecting timing synchronization function (TSF) values with message integrity checks (MICs). Various aspects relate generally to methods for a wireless device to protect the TSF field using an MIC. Some aspects more specifically relate to methods for the wireless device to include a MIC value generated using a TSF field of a beacon frame in a beacon extension frame. Some aspects more specifically relate to methods for the wireless device to include the MIC value generated using the TSF field in an information element (IE) of a beacon frame. In some examples, a vendor-specific (VS) IE or another IE. In some examples, the associated TSF field may be a TSF field of the beacon frame or of a recurring time epoch, such as a target beacon transmission time (TBTT) of the beacon frame.
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