Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090138720 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING MOVEMENT OF DOWNLOADABLE CONDITIONAL ACCESS SYSTEM HOST IN DCAS NETWORK - A method of operating a Secure Micro (SM) of a host in a Conditional Access (CA) system is provided. The method includes: receiving, by the SM, a SecurityAnnounce message including a certificate of an AP server connected with a host; determining, by the SM, whether a public key stored in a memory in advance exists, and setting a flag as a first state when the public key stored in advance exists; verifying, by the SM, a digital signature with respect to the SecurityAnnounce message using the public key stored in advance; and acquiring, by the SM, another public key of the AP server by parsing the certificate and setting the flag as a second state based on whether the flag corresponds to the first state when the SM is unable to verify the digital signature. | 05-28-2009 |
20090141833 | MULTI-CHANNEL TUNING RECEIVER AND MULTI-CHANNEL TUNING METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a multi-channel tuning receiver, including: a broadband radio frequency (RF) tuner to receive a broadband signal, divide the broadband signal into a plurality of signals, tune the divided signals, combine the tuned signals into a single signal, and output the combined single signal; an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter to convert the combined single signal to digital signal; a channelizer to extract only a bonded channel from the digital signal; and a plurality of demodulators to demodulate the bonded channel, and a multi-channel tuning method thereof. | 06-04-2009 |
20090144539 | HEADEND SYSTEM FOR DOWNLOADABLE CONDITIONAL ACCESS SERVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A method of operating a headend system for a downloadable conditional access service, the method including: receiving, by an Authentication Proxy (AP) server, basic authentication information from a Downloadable Conditional Access System (DCAS) host, the basic authentication information being required to authenticate the DCAS host; transmitting, by the AP server, the basic authentication information to an external trusted authority device which authenticates the DCAS host; generating, by the AP server, a session key for encrypting/decrypting a secure micro client using a session key sharing factor; obtaining, by the AP server, download-related information of the secure micro client from a DCAS Provisioning Server (DPS); and commanding, by the AP server, an Integrated Personalization System (IPS) server to download the secure micro client to the DCAS host based on the download-related information, the secure micro client being encrypted by the session key. | 06-04-2009 |
20090144544 | CABLE NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SECURITY IN CABLE NETWORK ENCRYPTED DYNAMIC MULTICAST SESSION - A security control method in a cable network dynamic multicast session, and more particularly, a method of controlling forward secrecy and backward secrecy in a Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifications (DOCSIS) 3.0 network dynamic multicast session is provided. A security control method in a cable network dynamic multicast session, includes: maintaining a multicast group that is allocated with a first Downstream Service Identifier (DSID) and a first Security Association Identifier (SAID) and that is joined by a first cable modem and a second cable modem; receiving a LeaveMulticastSession message from the second cable modem; exchanging, corresponding to the LeaveMulticastSession message, a Dynamic Bonding Change (DBC) message for changing a multicast parameter with the second cable modem; and updating a first Traffic Encryption Key (TEK) corresponding to the first DSID with a second TEK. | 06-04-2009 |
20090150672 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MUTUAL AUTHENTICATION IN DOWNLOADABLE CONDITIONAL ACCESS SYSTEM - Disclosed is a mutual authentication method and apparatus in a CAS including a headend system and DCAS host. In particular, example embodiments relate to a mutual authentication method and apparatus in DCAS, wherein the mutual authentication is performed between an authentication server of the headend system and an SM of a DCAS host, and then CAS software is downloaded to the SM. According to the example embodiments, there is provided a mutual authentication protocol between the authentication server of the headend and the SM of the DCAS host in a cable network, and also provided a mutual authentication method and apparatus in the DCAS where a substantial authentication based on a hardware, such as a smart card or a cable card, is not needed. | 06-11-2009 |
20100153711 | DOWNLOADABLE CONDITIONAL ACCESS SYSTEM EFFICIENTLY DETECTING DUPLICATED DCAS HOST - A technology that may efficiently detect a duplicated Downloadable Conditional Access System (DCAS) host in a DCAS is provided. | 06-17-2010 |
20100153725 | TRAFFIC ENCRYPTION KEY UPDATING METHOD USING SYSTEM SYNCHRONIZATION AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Provided are a TEK update method using system synchronization, and an apparatus using the same. The method and apparatus according to the present invention periodically update a TEK used for traffic encryption in a DOCSIS system by using system synchronization. As described, the TEK can be updated by using system synchronization without performing a TEK update negotiation process. | 06-17-2010 |
20100161966 | MUTUAL AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD IN DOWNLOADABLE CONDITIONAL ACCESS SYSTEM - A mutual authentication method in a Downloadable Conditional Access System (DCAS) is provided. The mutual authentication method may receive authentication-related information about authentication between an authentication unit and a security module (SM) from a Trusted Authority (TA), generate an authentication session key using the authentication-related information, transmit the authentication session key by the authentication unit to the SM through a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS), and control a Conditional Access System (CAS) software to be downloaded to the SM from the authentication unit, when the authentication is completed by the authentication session key. | 06-24-2010 |
20100162353 | TERMINAL AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD IN DOWNLOADABLE CONDITIONAL ACCESS SYSTEM - A terminal authentication apparatus and method in a Downloadable Conditional Access System (DCAS) is provided. The terminal authentication method may determine whether terminal authentication information, received from a DCAS terminal, is valid by referring to a database, may transmit DCAS image information and pairing information about the terminal authentication information to a user terminal, when the terminal authentication information is valid, and thereby may enable the DCAS terminal to set the user terminal based on the pairing information. | 06-24-2010 |
20100235626 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MUTUAL AUTHENTICATION IN DOWNLOADABLE CONDITIONAL ACCESS SYSTEM - A mutual authentication apparatus in a Downloadable Conditional Access System (DCAS) includes an announce protocol processor to authenticate SecurityAnnounce information using an Authentication Proxy (AP) and to transmit the authenticated SecurityAnnounce information to a Secure Micro (SM), a keying protocol processor to relay KeyRequest information and KeyResponse information between a Trusted Authority (TA) and the SM in response to the SecurityAnnounce information, a decryption unit to decrypt the KeyResponse information using the SM, an authentication protocol processor to determine whether a first encryption key of the KeyResponse information is identical to a second encryption key generated by the AP, and a download protocol processor to control DownloadInfo to be transmitted from the AP to the SM, the DownloadInfo permitting the SM to download SM Client Image information. | 09-16-2010 |
20110072260 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DOWNLOADABLE CONDITIONAL ACCESS USING DISTRIBUTED TRUSTED AUTHORITY - Disclosed is a downloadable conditional access system (DCAS) and an operational method thereof that distributes a part of a function of a Trusted Authority to each multiple system operator (MSO) to enable the MSO server to process authentication with respect to a secure micro (SM) chip and a transport processor (TP) chip, and thus, a normal DCAS service is possible even when there is a problem with a security, and a DCAS host terminal for rental use is effectively operated. | 03-24-2011 |
20110202769 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING COPY OF SECURE MICRO - A Secure Micro (SM) copy detection system includes at least one Access Point (AP) that is connected to at least one host group including at least one SM, at least one Multiple-Services Operator (MSO) that is used to manage the at least one SM and includes the at least one AP, and a host information management server that is used to perform authentication of the at least one SM and that is independently connected to the at least one MSO. | 08-18-2011 |
20110247032 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTELY INSTALLING AND UPDATING DIFFERENT SECURITY CLIENTS FOR BROADCASTING OR COMMUNICATION CHANNELS - A method for installing different security clients for channels in a terminal in a conditional access system includes: searching one or more channels searchable in the terminal; requesting, for respective searched channels, security clients necessary for receiving pay programs to be transmitted through the searched channels, to a broadcasting station which takes charge of the searched channels; and downloading and installing, for respective searched channels, the requested security clients from the broadcasting station. | 10-06-2011 |
20130128732 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FAST LOAD BALANCING BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION BASED ON BINARY SEARCH - An apparatus and method for fast load balancing bandwidth allocation based on a binary search may be provided, wherein the apparatus may include a bandwidth allocation request receiving unit to receive a bandwidth allocation request signal from at least one modem, and a bandwidth allocation processing unit to allocate a bandwidth to an upstream channel of the at least one modem, using a load balancing algorithm, in response to the received bandwidth allocation request signal. | 05-23-2013 |
20130129021 | AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROLLING DEVICE, ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (OFDM) RECEIVER EMPLOYING HIGH-ORDER QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION (QAM) AND USING AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROLLING DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROLLING DEVICE - Provided is an automatic gain controlling device that may prevent deterioration in performance of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) receiver, on a cable network that performs communication by an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme using high-order quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM), the automatic gain controlling device including a power computing unit to compute a power of a signal received by the OFDM receiver, and a gain controller to control a gain of the received signal based on the computed power of the received signal. | 05-23-2013 |
20130283331 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSERTING BROADCAST PROGRAM BY DETECTING AVAILABLE CHANNEL OVER HYBRID FIBER COAX NETWORK OR OPTICAL CABLE NETWORK - An apparatus for combining a broadcasting channel may include a channel detector to detect a vacant Radio Frequency (RF) broadcasting channel used by a photoelectric converter that converts a first broadcast program as an optical signal to a first RF signal, a broadcast receiving interface to receive at least one second broadcast program, a broadcast modulator to generate a second RF signal by modulating the second broadcast program using the vacant RF broadcasting channel, and a channel combiner to combine a broadcasting channel used for the first RF signal and the vacant RF broadcasting channel. | 10-24-2013 |
20140286468 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPENSATING FOR VARIABLE SYMBOL TIMING USING CYCLIC PREFIX IN NON-SYNCHRONIZED OFDM SYSTEM - Disclosed are a method and apparatus for estimating symbol timing in a non-synchronized OFDM system. The present invention includes synchronizing a frame of a received signal, estimating the symbol timing of each symbol of the frame based on the synchronization, compensating for the symbol timing using a phase difference attributable to a Symbol Timing Offset (STO), variably changing within a Cyclic Prefix (CP) interval due to the frequency offset of a sampling clock and thermal noise, and performing channel equalization using a preamble based on output including corrected phase rotation. | 09-25-2014 |
20150033251 | NETWORK PROTOCOL FOR CONTENTS PROTECTION IN DIGITAL CABLE BROADCASTING SERVICE AND CONDITIONAL ACCESS SYSTEM USING THE PROTOCOL - Disclosed are a network protocol for contents protection in a digital cable broadcasting service and a conditional access system using the protocol. A method for renewing conditional access client software (CACS) by a conditional access module in a renewable conditional access system (RCAS) may include: receiving an RCAS announcement message from a headend; transmitting to the headend a key registration request message for requesting an authorization key when the RCAS announcement message is authenticated; receiving a key registration response message including the authorization key from the headend; and generating security factors based on the authorization key and renewing the CACS by using the security factors. | 01-29-2015 |
20150033284 | DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA BROADCASTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLE-DRM SERVICE - A method for receiving contents using a mobile terminal according to the present invention is provided. The method includes generating a security channel connected to system being in charge of a service and content protection (SCP) client through an agent downloaded and installed in a mobile terminal; downloading and installing one or multiple SCP client software of different kind from the system through the security channel generated by the agent; and playing back the service or content provided in protected state by a content provider among the one or multiple SCP client software of different kind by driving the decodable SCP client software. | 01-29-2015 |