System and Method for Device Identification and Authentication
AssigneeFuturewei Technologies, Inc.
InventorsNathan Edward Tenny, Hui Jin
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Abstract
A method for providing relay services to a remote device (RD) includes receiving a relay service request from the RD, the relay service request including at least an identifier of the RD, and the RD is not in active radio communications with an entity of the communications system, restricting relay services on communications from the RD, sending a first authentication request including at least a portion of the relay service request to a network node, receiving a second authentication response confirming the identity of the RD, and unrestricting the relay services on communications from the RD.
Claims23
A method for providing relay services to a remote device (RD) of a communications system, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a relay device, a relay service request from the RD, the relay service request including at least an identifier of the RD, and the RD is not in active radio communications with an entity of the communications system;
- restricting, by the relay device, relay services on communications from the RD;
- sending, by the relay device, a first authentication request including at least a portion of the relay service request to a network node;
- receiving, by the relay device, a second authentication response confirming the identity of the RD;
- and
- unrestricting, by the relay device, the relay services on communications from the RD.
A relay device adapted to provide relay services to a remote device (RD) of a communications system, the relay device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to configure the relay device to:
- receive a relay service request from the RD, the relay service request including at least an identifier of the RD, and the RD is not in active radio communications with an entity of the communications system,
- restrict relay services on communications from the RD,
- send a first authentication request including at least a portion of the relay service request to a network node,
- receive a second authentication response confirming the identity of the RD, and
- unrestrict the relay services on communications from the RD.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing programming for execution by a processor, the programming including instructions to:
- receive a relay service request from a remote device (RD), the relay service request including at least an identifier of the RD, and the RD is not in active radio communications with an entity of a communications system including the RD;
- restrict relay services on communications from the RD;
- send a first authentication request including at least a portion of the relay service request to a network node;
- receive a second authentication response confirming the identity of the RD;
- and
- unrestrict the relay services on communications from the RD.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.