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Methods and arrangements for identification of user equipments for authentication purposes

US10299120B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

Daniel Nilsson · Minneapolis, US
Qian Chen · Mölndal, SE
Chunbo Wang · Shanghai, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 4, 2014
Grant date	May 21, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 4, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W92/02
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for assigning a cellular network identity. The method comprises receiving (222), in a user equipment capable to attach to a cellular network and a wireless local area network, a unique representation of a user equipment context of the user equipment and in what cellular network node the user equipment is or is going to be attached, from a network node. The unique representation is labelled (224) as a cellular network identity and cellular network identity is stored (226) a pseudonym identity and/or a fast re-authentication identity in a memory in the user equipment.

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