Methods, systems, and computer readable media for using authentication validation time periods
AssigneeOracle International Corporation
InventorRajiv Krishan
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Abstract
A method includes receiving a first message associated with a first machine type communications (MTC) device; sending an authentication request associated with the first MTC device to a home subscriber server (HSS), wherein the authentication request requests a validated time period indicating an amount of time that authentication associated with the first MTC device is valid; and receiving, from the HSS, an authentication response, wherein the authentication response indicates the validated time period.
Claims16
A method comprising:
- receiving a first message associated with a first machine type communications (MTC) device;
- sending an authentication request associated with the first MTC device to a home subscriber server (HSS), wherein the authentication request requests a validated time period indicating an amount of time that authentication associated with the first MTC device is valid;
- after the HSS authenticates the first MTC device, receiving, from the HSS, an authentication response, wherein the authentication response indicates the validated time period;
- sending the first message;
- receiving and sending a second message associated with the first MTC device during the validated time period without sending a corresponding second authentication request to the HSS;
- and
- after the validated time period, sending a second authentication request associated with the first MTC device to the HSS.
A system comprising:
- a gateway device comprising at least one processor, the gateway device configured for:
- receiving a first message associated with a first machine type communications (MTC) device;
- sending an authentication request associated with the first MTC device to a home subscriber server (HSS), wherein the authentication request requests a validated time period indicating an amount of time that authentication associated with the first MTC device is valid;
- after the HSS authenticates the first MTC device, receiving, from the HSS, an authentication response, wherein the authentication response indicates the validated time period;
- sending the first message;
- receiving and sending a second message associated with the first MTC device during the validated time period without sending a corresponding second authentication request to the HSS;
- and
- after the validated time period, sending a second authentication request associated with the first MTC device to the HSS.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions embodied in the non-transitory computer readable medium that when executed by at least one processor of at least one computer cause the at least one computer to perform steps comprising:
- receiving a first message associated with a first machine type communications (MTC) device;
- sending an authentication request associated with the first MTC device to a home subscriber server (HSS), wherein the authentication request requests a validated time period indicating an amount of time that authentication associated with the first MTC device is valid;
- after the HSS authenticates the first MTC device, receiving, from the HSS, an authentication response, wherein the authentication response indicates the validated time period;
- sending the first message;
- receiving and sending a second message associated with the first MTC device during the validated time period without sending a corresponding second authentication request to the HSS;
- and
- after the validated time period, sending a second authentication request associated with the first MTC device to the HSS.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.