System, method, and computer-readable medium for authentication center-initiated authentication procedures for a mobile station attached with an IP-femtocell system

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions tangibly embodied thereon for execution by a processing system, the computer-executable instructions, when executed, cause the processing system to:

• receive, by a convergence server located in a core network, an authentication procedure request from an authentication center for the mobile station attached with the femtocell system;
• generate, by the convergence server, an authentication procedure request message that includes a registration identifier assigned to the mobile station, the registration identifier comprising a pseudo-electronic serial number derived from a mobile equipment identifier for the mobile station;
• map the authentication procedure to the mobile station using the registration identifier;
• transmit, by the convergence server, the authentication procedure request message to the femtocell system;
• and
• receive, by the convergence server, a response to the authentication procedure request message from the femtocell system;
• wherein the authentication procedure request comprises a unique challenge, the authentication procedure request message comprises an authentication request that includes a pseudo-randomly generated value, and the response includes an authentication result generated by the mobile station using the pseudo-randomly generated value and a shared secret data key.

A system, comprising:

• a core network that includes a convergence server;
• a mobile core network that includes an authentication center;
• an Internet Protocol-based femtocell system that provides a radio access point for a mobile station, wherein the convergence server receives an authentication procedure request from the authentication center for the mobile station, generates an authentication procedure request message that includes a registration identifier assigned to the mobile station, the registration identifier comprising a pseudo-electronic serial number derived from a mobile equipment identifier for the mobile station, and wherein the femtocell system maps the authentication procedure to the mobile station using the registration identifier;
• transmit the authentication procedure request message to the femtocell system;
• and
• receives a response to the authentication procedure request message from the femtocell system;
• wherein the authentication procedure request comprises a unique challenge, the authentication procedure request message comprises an authentication request that includes a pseudo-randomly generated value, and the response includes an authentication result generated by the mobile station using the pseudo-randomly generated value and a shared secret data key.