User authentication in a mobile communications network
US6957061B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 16, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 21, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W12/61
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of authenticating mobile user equipment in a mobile telecommunications network comprising the steps of receiving an authentication element from a serving network (SN) to which the user equipment is not directly subscribed, extracting the authentication management field (AMF) from the authentication element, generating in response at least to a predetermined value of the authentication management field (AMF), a key set identifier (KSI), and passing the key set identifier (KSI) to the serving network (SN).
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