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- Patent Title: Authorization of user equipment for mobile communications network that has previously been authorized by trusted traffic authority
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Application No.: US16316785Application Date: 2017-07-10
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Publication No.: US11184344B2Publication Date: 2021-11-23
- Inventor: Noamen Ben Henda , Prajwol Kumar Nakarmi
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Coats + Bennett, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/067294 WO 20170710
- International Announcement: WO2018/015200 WO 20180125
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; H04W4/44 ; H04W12/069 ; H04W12/082 ; H04W4/40

Abstract:
A method of operation of a control node (400, 700, 1000) in a mobile communications network, the method comprising: receiving a request for authorization from a user equipment (500, 800, 1100); determining whether the request for authorization includes evidence that the user equipment is authorized by a trusted traffic authority; and processing the request for authorization only if the request for authorization includes evidence that the user equipment is authorized by the trusted traffic authority. Methods for the user equipment and a trusted authority device, as well as corresponding devices, computer programs and computer program products are also disclosed.
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