Methods to enable Wi-Fi onboarding of user equipment by utilizing an eSIM
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsAnand Oswal, Rajesh S. Pazhyannur, Arun G. Khanna
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for providing, by a user equipment, a short message service (SMS) message to initiate Wi-Fi onboarding to a mobile network, receiving, by the user equipment, a binary SMS message including a request for a certificate signing request by a server, generating, by the user equipment, the certificate signing request based on the request for the certificate signing request of the binary SMS message, providing, by the user equipment, the certificate signing request to the mobile network, and receiving, by the user equipment, a binary SMS message including Wi-Fi login data based on the certificate signing request provided to the mobile network.
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A computer-implemented method comprising:
- first providing, by a user equipment, a short message service (SMS) message, the message identifying a server in a private enterprise network, to initiate Wi-Fi onboarding through a mobile network that is distinct from a Wi-Fi network;
- receiving, by the user equipment from the server in the private enterprise network, a binary SMS message including a request for a certificate signing request;
- second providing, in response to the receiving, by the user equipment to an embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) associated with the user equipment, the binary SMS message, wherein the eSIM is specific to the private enterprise network;
- generating, in response to the second providing, by the eSIM, a certificate signing request based on the request for the certificate signing request of the binary SMS message;
- third providing, in response to the generating, the certificate signing request from the user equipment to the server through the mobile network based on both the eSIM and the in the private enterprise network;
- and
- receiving, by the user equipment, a binary SMS message including Wi-Fi login data based on the certificate signing request provided to the mobile network;
- logging in the user equipment to the Wi-Fi network using the received Wi-Fi login data.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- at least one computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:
- first provide a short message service (SMS) message to initiate Wi-Fi onboarding through a mobile network that is distinct from a Wi-Fi network;
- receive a binary SMS message including a request for a certificate signing request by a server specific to an enterprise associated with user equipment;
- second provide, in response to the receive, by the user equipment to an embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) associated with the user equipment, the binary SMS message, wherein the eSIM is specific to the enterprise associated with the user equipment;
- generate, in response to the second provide, by the eSIM, a certificate signing request based on the request for the certificate signing request of the binary SMS message;
- third provide, in response to the generate, the certificate signing request from the user equipment to the server through the mobile network based on both the eSIM and the server being specific to the enterprise;
- and
- receive a binary SMS message including Wi-Fi login data based on the certificate signing request provided to the mobile network.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising:
- instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the instructions, when executed by one more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- first provide a short message service (SMS) message to initiate Wi-Fi onboarding through a mobile network that is distinct from a Wi-Fi network;
- receive a binary SMS message including a request for a certificate signing request by a server specific to an enterprise associated with the user equipment;
- second provide, in response to the receive, by the user equipment to an embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) associated with the user equipment, the binary SMS message, wherein the eSIM is specific to the enterprise associated with user equipment;
- generate, in response to the provide, by the eSIM, a certificate signing request based on the request for the certificate signing request of the binary SMS message;
- third provide, in response to generate, the certificate signing request from the user equipment to the server through the mobile network based on both the eSIM and the server being specific to the enterprise;
- and
- receive a binary SMS message including Wi-Fi login data based on the certificate signing request provided to the mobile network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.