Granting Wireless Network Access based on Application Authentication Credentials of Client Devices

An admission access controller, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a non-transitory memory;
• a communication interface;
• a credentials management subsystem to obtain, from a client device in a network, a first set of application authentication credentials formatted in accordance with a first authentication protocol, wherein the first set of application authentication credentials corresponds to a first user profile;
• a credentials translation subsystem to:
• translate the first set of application authentication credentials to a second set of application authentication credentials, wherein the second set of application authentication credentials is formatted in accordance with a second authentication protocol that is different from the first authentication protocol, wherein the second set of application authentication credentials corresponds to the first user profile, and
• provide the second set of application authentication credentials to an application authentication system;
• and
• a network access subsystem to:
• obtain, from the application authentication system, an application authentication indicator, in response to providing the second set of application authentication credentials to the application authentication system, and
• grant the client device access to the network, in response to determining that the application authentication indicator indicates a successful authentication.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs including instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors of a admission access controller, cause the admission access controller to:

• obtain, from a client device in the network, a first set of application authentication credentials formatted in accordance with a first authentication protocol, wherein the first set of application authentication credentials corresponds to a first user profile;
• translate the first set of application authentication credentials to a second set of application authentication credentials, wherein the second set of application authentication credentials is formatted in accordance with a second authentication protocol that is different from the first authentication protocol, wherein the second set of application authentication credentials corresponds to the first user profile;
• provide the second set of application authentication credentials to an application authentication system;
• in response to providing the second set of application authentication credentials to the application authentication system, obtain, from the application authentication system, an application authentication indicator;
• and
• in response to determining that the application authentication indicator indicates a successful authentication, grant the client device access to the network.