Authentication mechanism for unlicensed mobile access
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsHaihong Zheng, Stefano Faccin
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Abstract
Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) authentication techniques are provided. These techniques may use existing authentication mechanisms, such as a Cellular Authentication and Voice Encryption (CAVE) algorithm-based or Message Digest 5 (MD5) algorithm-based authentication mechanism.
Claims49
A method of providing an authentication mechanism for an unlicensed mobile access network, said method comprising:
- receiving a registration request from a mobile station, said request comprising a cellular access network identification associated with the mobile station and an unlicensed mobile access network identification associated with the mobile station;
- mapping the cellular access network identification to the unlicensed mobile access network identification;
- and
- using the mapping to handoff between a cellular access network and the unlicensed mobile access network.
A network controller capable of providing an authentication mechanism for an unlicensed mobile access network, said controller comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory in communication with the processor, said memory storing an application executable by the processor, wherein the application is configured, upon execution, to:
- receive a registration request from a mobile station, the request comprising a cellular access network identification associated with the mobile station and an unlicensed mobile access network identification associated with the mobile station;
- map the cellular access network identification to the unlicensed mobile access network identification;
- and
- use the mapping to handoff between a cellular access network and the unlicensed mobile access network.
A system for providing an authentication mechanism for an unlicensed mobile access network, said system comprising:
- a mobile station configured to generate and transmit a registration request, said registration request comprising at least two identifications associated with the mobile station;
- and
- a network controller configured to receive the registration request from the mobile station, the network controller further configured to correlate the at least two identifications with one another and to handoff between at least two access networks, based at least in part on the correlation, wherein at least one of the access networks comprises the unlicensed mobile access network.
A mobile station comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory in communication with the processor, the memory storing an application executable by the processor, wherein the application is configured, upon execution, to:
- generate a registration request comprising a cellular access network identification and an unlicensed mobile access network identification associated with the mobile station;
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- transmit the registration request to a network controller configured to receive the request, to map the cellular access network identification to the unlicensed mobile access network identification and to use the mapping to handoff the mobile station between a cellular access network and an unlicensed mobile access network.
A computer program product for providing an authentication mechanism for an unlicensed mobile access network, wherein the computer program product comprises at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
- a first executable portion for receiving a registration request from a mobile station, the request comprising a cellular access network identification associated with the mobile station and an unlicensed mobile access network identification associated with the mobile station;
- a second executable portion for mapping the cellular access network identification to the unlicensed mobile access network identification;
- and
- a third executable portion for using the mapping to handoff between a cellular access network and the unlicensed mobile access network.
A system for providing an authentication mechanism for an unlicensed mobile access network, said system comprising:
- a mobile station;
- and
- a network entity in communication with the mobile station and configured to store a registration associated with the mobile station, said registration comprising at least two points of attachment for a serving network, a first point of attachment corresponding with a cellular access network, and a second point of attachment corresponding with the unlicensed mobile access network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.