USER AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING PMIPv6 IN NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS
AssigneeElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
InventorsYoo Hwa Kang, Boo Geum Jung, Bong Tae Kim
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Abstract
Provided are a user authentication apparatus and method for supporting PMIPv6 (Proxy Mobile Internet Protocol version 6) in next generation networks. Authentication and mobility signaling protocol can be performed without having an additional signaling process when a mobile terminal moves by extending user profiles of the next generations to support the PMIPv6.
Claims8
A user authentication apparatus for supporting PMIPv6 (Proxy Mobile Internet Protocol version 6) in a next generation network, comprising:
- a profile management unit storing a user profile including PMIPv6 signaling information of a mobile terminal;
- a user authentication unit authenticating the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal wants to use the network by using the user profile and transmitting an address to be used by the mobile terminal and the signaling information when successfully authenticating the mobile terminal;
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- a location management unit having the address to be used by the mobile terminal, position information of the mobile terminal and a privacy protecting method and providing the position information of the mobile terminal to a service which requests the position information of the mobile terminal with reference to the privacy protecting method.
A user authentication method for supporting PMIPv6 in a next generation network, comprising:
- receiving a request for authentication of use of the network from a mobile terminal;
- extracting the ID of the mobile terminal from the request and authenticating the mobile terminal by using a user profile corresponding to the ID;
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- allocating an IP address to the mobile terminal and storing location information of the mobile terminal, which includes the IP address, the ID, position information of the mobile terminal and a privacy protecting method.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.