Subnetwork Authentication and Mobility
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsDimitrios Alanis, Sameh M. Eldessoki, Christian Hofmann, Panagiotis Botsinis, Tarik Tabet
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Abstract
Techniques are described herein for subnetwork selection. An example method can include processing, by a management node (MN) of a subnetwork, a connection establishment request for a user equipment (UE) to join the subnetwork. The process can further include processing, by the MN, cryptographic information based on the connection establishment request. The process can further include authenticating, by the MN, the UE based on the cryptographic information.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- processing, by a management node (MN) of a subnetwork, a connection establishment request for a user equipment (UE) to join the subnetwork;
- processing, by the MN, cryptographic information based on the connection establishment request;
- and
- authenticating, by the MN, the UE based on the cryptographic information.
An apparatus comprising:
- processor circuitry to:
- process a message to determine whether the message was broadcast by a management node (MN) of a subnetwork,
- determine an MN identifier (ID) based on whether the message was broadcast by the MN of the subnetwork, and
- store the MN ID in a list of candidate MNs;
- and
- interface circuitry coupled to the processor circuitry.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which, when executed, cause processor circuitry to:
- connect with a subnetwork associated with a first management node (MN);
- process a first measurement configuration received from the first MN based on connecting with the subnetwork, the first measurement configuration associated with a second MN;
- and
- cause a collection of a second measurement configuration associated with the second MN based on processing the first measurement configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.