Generic key-decision mechanism for GAA
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsSilke Holtmanns, Pekka Laitinen
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Abstract
A method and apparatus provide generic mechanism for a network application server. A receiver receives a request from a user equipment to provide authentication information to a network application function. A determining unit determines a key of a generic authentication architecture to integrate additional network application servers by extending an existing standard for user security settings. A providing unit provides the authentication information to the network application function.
Claims27
A method comprising:
- receiving a request from a user equipment to provide authentication information to a network application function;
- determining, by a device implementing a bootstrapping server function, a key of a generic authentication architecture to integrate additional network application servers by extending an existing standard for user security settings, wherein determining the key includes determining from data provided to the device implementing the bootstrapping server function a key type the network application function is required to use, the data provided being based, at least in part, on data indicating the key type included in the extended user security settings provided by a home subscriber server;
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- providing, by the device implementing the bootstrapping server function, the authentication information to the network application function.
An apparatus comprising:
- one or more devices to implement:
- receiving means for receiving a request from a user equipment to provide authentication information to a network application function;
- determining means for determining a key of a generic authentication architecture to integrate additional network application servers by extending an existing standard for user security settings, wherein determining the key includes determining from data provided to the one or more devices a key type the network application function is required to use, the data provided being based, at least in part, on data indicating the key type included in the extended user security settings provided by a home subscriber server;
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- first providing means for providing the authentication information to the network application function.
An apparatus comprising:
- one or more devices to implement:
- a receiving unit receives a request from a user equipment to provide authentication information to a network application function;
- a determining unit determines a key of a generic authentication architecture to integrate additional network application servers by extending an existing standard for user security settings, wherein determining the key includes determining from data provided to the one or more devices a key type the network application function is required to use, the data provided being based, at least in part, on data indicating the key type included in the extended user security settings provided by a home subscriber server;
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- a providing unit provides the authentication information to the network application function.
A computer program embodied within a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program being configured to perform a process comprising:
- receiving a request from a user equipment to provide authentication information to a network application function;
- determining a key of a generic authentication architecture to integrate additional network application servers by extending an existing standard for user security settings, wherein determining the key includes determining from provided data a key type of the key the network application function is required to use, the data provided being based, at least in part, on data included in the extended user security settings provided by a home subscriber server indicating the key type;
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- providing the authentication information to the network application function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.