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Method and devices for hardware identifier-based subscription management

US11134388B2 · kind B2 · utility

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10Claims

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Assignee

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

Athanasios Karapantelakis · Solna, SE
Ioannis Fikouras · Alsdorf, DE
Rafia Inam · Västerås, SE
Qiang Li · Beijing, CN
Leonid Mokrushin · Uppsala, SE
Maxim Teslenko · Sollentuna, SE
Konstantinos Vandikas · Solna, SE
Aneta Vulgarakis Feljan · Stockholm, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 29, 2017
Grant date	Sep 28, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 29, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W76/10
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and devices enable connecting devices to cellular networks using the devices' hardware identifiers. Subscriber records include a hardware identifier assigned when the devices are manufactured. A target hardware identifier included in an attachment request is associated with an International Mobile Subscriber Identity, IMSI, available to the cellular network if, according to subscriber records, the device is registered.

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