Interworking between first and second authentication domains
AssigneeNortel Networks Limited
InventorsYusupha Touray, Fayaz Kadri, David Anderson
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Abstract
To interwork between a first authentication domain and a second authentication domain, a bridge module performs a first authentication procedure in the first authentication domain for a mobile station, wherein the first authentication domain is part of a wireless access network. Based on information collected in the first authentication procedure, the bridge module performs a second authentication procedure is performed, on behalf of the mobile station, in the second authentication domain.
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A method of interworking between a first authentication domain and a second authentication domain, comprising:
- performing, by a bridge module, a first authentication procedure in the first authentication domain for a mobile station, wherein the first authentication domain is part of a wireless access network;
- and
- based on information collected in the first authentication procedure, performing a second authentication procedure for the mobile station, by the bridge module, in the second authentication domain.
A gateway to provide interworking between first and second authentication domains, comprising:
- a processor to:
- perform a first authentication procedure in the first authentication domain for a mobile station, wherein the first authentication domain is associated with a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMax) access network;
- in response to information received by the gateway in the first authentication, perform a second, different authentication procedure for the mobile station with a service provider system in the second authentication domain.
An article comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that when executed cause a gateway to:
- perform a first authentication procedure between the gateway and an Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) server for a mobile station that is a subscriber of a service provider system that does not include wireless access network infrastructure, wherein the gateway is associated with an entity that includes wireless access network infrastructure;
- perform a second authentication procedure between the gateway and the service provider system;
- receive an Internet Protocol (IP) address to assign the mobile station from the service provider system as part of the second authentication procedure;
- and
- communicate the IP address to the mobile station as part of a configuration exchange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.