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US 2023/0276231 A1Published application
Authentication Between Wireless Devices and Edge Servers
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsShu Guo, Dawei Zhang, Huarui Liang, Haijing Hu
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to techniques for performing wireless communications including authentication between user equipment and edge computing servers. One or more edge enabler client(s) operating at a user equipment may authenticate with one or more edge computing server(s). The authentication may use generic bootstrapping architecture, among various possibilities.
Claims22
A method, comprising:
- at a user equipment (UE):
- performing a first bootstrapping procedure with a first edge server, the first bootstrapping procedure including generating a first key;
- generating a first authentication code for a first edge enabler client (EEC) operating at the UE, wherein the first authentication code is for use with the first edge server;
- transmitting a first registration request for the first EEC to the first edge server, the first registration request including the first authentication code;
- receiving, from the first edge server, a first registration success message comprising first information for authenticating with a second edge server;
- generating a second authentication code for the first EEC, wherein the second authentication code is for use with the second edge server;
- transmitting a second registration request for the first EEC to the second edge server, the second registration request including the second authentication code;
- receiving, from the second edge server, a second registration success message comprising second information for discovery of a third edge server;
- and
- discovering the third edge server using the second information.
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A method for operating an edge configuration server, the method comprising:
- establishing communication with a bootstrapping server function (BSF);
- receiving, from the BSF, a first key associated with a first user equipment (UE);
- establishing communication with the UE;
- receiving, from a first edge enabler client (EEC) of the UE, a first application registration request comprising:
- an identifier of the first EEC;
- and
- a first message authentication code (MAC);
- verifying the first MAC based on the first key and the identifier of the first EEC;
- and
- in response to successfully verifying the identifier of the first EEC, providing, to the UE, information for authenticating an edge enablement server.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor configured to cause a user equipment (UE) to:
- perform a first bootstrapping procedure with a first edge server, the first bootstrapping procedure including generating a first key;
- generate a first authentication code for a first edge enabler client (EEC) operating at the UE, wherein the first authentication code is for use with the first edge server;
- transmit a first registration request for the first EEC to the first edge server, the first registration request including the first authentication code;
- receive, from the first edge server, a first registration success message comprising first information for authenticating with a second edge server;
- generate a second authentication code for the first EEC, wherein the second authentication code is for use with the second edge server;
- transmit a second registration request for the first EEC to the second edge server, the second registration request including the second authentication code;
- receive, from the second edge server, a second registration success message comprising second information for discovery of a third edge server;
- and
- discover the third edge server using the second information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.