KEY MANAGEMENT ON A MULTI-MODAL COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE

• Main Authors: Boerger, Mark A, Licht, Edward, Tasharofi, Saeed
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 25.02.2021
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

Methods for managing a device and said device configured to communicate on multiple radio communication systems. The communications device includes a memory and an electronic processor electrically connected to the memory. The processor is configured to store a plurality of keymaps, each keymap of the plurality of keymaps corresponding to at least one of a particular communication system of the multiple radio communication systems and operate, in response to a user input, on a first radio communication system of the multiple radio communication systems. The processor is further configured to manage traffic operations to and from a communication system according to a first keymap of the plurality of keymaps corresponding to the first communication system when the electronic processor is operating on the first radio communication system and perform a key management operation of a selected second keymap corresponding to a second radio communication system in response to receiving a command.