US 8,949,602 B2 · Method and apparatus for authenticating per M2M device between service provider and mobile network operator

Abstract

A system is capable of authenticating a service per Machine to Machine (M2M) device between an M2M service provider and a mobile communication operator. The system includes an authentication server for generating an M2M device IDentifier (ID), a first authentication key, and an M2M service provider ID per M2M device, The authentication server also generates a second authentication key, a first hash function value, and a first random variable based on the M2M device ID, the first authentication key, and the M2M service provider ID, and transmitting the second authentication key, the first hash function, and the first random variable to an M2M agent to an M2M agent.

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Dependent claims

An operating method of a Machine to Machine (M2M) server for authenticating a service per M2M device between an M2M service provider and a mobile communication operator, the method comprising:

receiving from an M2M agent, at least one of a first hash function value, a first random variable, a Home Operator Identifier (H-OPID), a Visited Operator ID (V−OPID), an M2M device ID, and an M2M agent ID;
verifying the first hash function value received from the M2M agent by comparing the first hash function value received from the M2M agent and a first hash function value generated by the M2M server;
generating at least one of a second authentication key, a second random variable, and a second hash function value using at least one of the first hash function value, the first random variable, the H-OPID, the V-OPID, the M2M device ID, and the M2M agent ID received from the M2M agent;
and
transmitting at least one of the second random variable and the second hash function value to the M2M agent.

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A Machine to Machine (M2M) server configured to authenticate a service per M2M device between an M2M service provider and a mobile communication operator, the M2M server comprising:

a receiver configured to receive, from an M2M agent, at least one of a first hash function value, a first random variable, a Home Operator Identifier (H-OPID), a Visited Operator ID (V-OPID), an M2M device ID, and an M2M agent ID;
processing circuitry configured to:
verify the first hash function value received from the M2M agent by comparing the first hash function value received from the M2M agent and a first hash function value generated by the M2M server, and
generate at least one of a second authentication key, a second random variable, and a second hash function value using at least one of the first hash function value, the first random variable, the H-OPID, the V-OPID, the M2M device ID, and the M2M agent ID received from the M2M agent;
and
a transmitter configured to transmit at least one of the second random variable and the second hash function value to the M2M agent.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and apparatus for authenticating per M2M device between service provider and mobile network operator

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Method and apparatus for authenticating per M2M device between service provider and mobile network operator

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