Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and devices of authenticating non-SIM mobile terminals accessing a wireless communication network
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Application No.: US14777102Application Date: 2015-09-01
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Publication No.: US10582382B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: Ping Chen , Pengbo Duan , Jiarong Wang , Hao Zou
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
- Current Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/CN2015/088755 WO 20150901
- International Announcement: WO2017/035781 WO 20170309
- Main IPC: H04W12/06
- IPC: H04W12/06 ; H04W8/04 ; H04W8/10 ; H04W12/04 ; H04L29/12 ; H04L29/06

Abstract:
In a first aspect of the disclosure, a method performed by an AAA server (103) of authenticating a non-SIM mobile terminal (111) with a wireless network (100) is provided. The method comprises receiving (S201) a request for service of the non-SIM mobile terminal (111), authenticating (S202) the non-SIM mobile terminal (111), submitting (S203) a request for subscriber profile data associated with the non-SIM mobile terminal (111) to an HSS (105), the subscriber profile data request comprising an indication that the non-SIM mobile terminal (111) has been authenticated by the AAA server (103), and to receiving (S204) from the HSS (105), in response to the indication that the non-SIM mobile terminal (111) has been authenticated, the requested subscription profile data.
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