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US 2002/0164026 A1Published application
An authentication method
OwnerAntti Huimainventor
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An authentication method for authenticating communication between a first and a second party using a third party which is trusted by said first and second parties comprising the steps of calculating by the trusted third party the value of a first authentication output using a parameter of the first party and a second authentication output using the first authentication output and sending the second authentication output to the second party; calculating by the first party the first authentication output and sending the first authentication output to the second party; and calculating by the second party the second authentication output based on the first authentication output received from the first party and comparing the calculated second authentication output with the second authentication output received from the trusted third party whereby if the two second authentication outputs are the same, the first party is authenticated.
An authentication method for authenticating communication between a first and a second party using a third party which is trusted by said first and second parties comprising the steps of:
A method as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein at least one random number is used to encrypt communications between the first and second parties.
A method as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the value of at least one parameter is sent from the first station to the second station.
A method as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the value of at least one parameter is sent from the second station to the first station.
A method as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the trusted third party has a secure connection with the second party.
A method as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the identity of at least one of said first and second parties is only sent to the other of said f first and second parties in an encoded form.
A method as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the method is used in a telecommunications network.
A method as claimed in claim 20 or 21, wherein one of said first and second parties comprises a base station.
A first station for communication with a second station using a third party which is trusted by said first station and said second station, said first station comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.