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Wireless telecommunications network authentication

US12160738B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company · GB

Inventors

Ruth BROWN · London, GB
Paul Daniel Wright · London, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 28, 2020
Grant date	Dec 3, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 19, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W12/06
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of authenticating User Equipment (UE) to a wireless telecommunications network, wherein the UE is subscribed to a first wireless telecommunications network, and authenticating being performed so as to subscribe the UE to a second wireless telecommunications network, and wherein there is an absence of a roaming capability between the first wireless telecommunications network and the second wireless telecommunications network for the UE, the method including generating, at the first wireless telecommunications network, a network key for authenticating the UE at the second wireless telecommunications network; loading the generated network key to the second wireless telecommunications network; subsequently communicating the generated network key to the UE from the first wireless telecommunications network; and authenticating the UE at the second wireless telecommunications network by communicating the network key from the UE to the second wireless telecommunications network, thereby to permit the UE to subscribe to the second wireless telecommunications network.

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