Patent · US Active

Automated negotiation and selection of authentication protocols

US8914636B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. · FR

Inventors

Inhyok Cha · Yardley, US
Andreas Leicher · Frankfurt am Main, DE
Andreas Schmidt · Braunschweig, DE
Louis J. Guccione · East Chester, US
Yogendra C. Shah · Exton, US
Yousif Targali · Sammamish, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 28, 2012
Grant date	Dec 16, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 28, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/102
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Wireless telecommunications networks may implement various forms of authentication. There are a variety of different user and device authentication protocols that follow a similar network architecture, involving various network entities such as a user equipment (UE), a service provider (SP), and an authentication endpoint (AEP). To select an acceptable authentication protocol or credential for authenticating a user or UE, authentication protocol negotiations may take place between various network entities. For example, negotiations may take place in networks implementing a single-sign on (SSO) architecture and/or networks implementing a Generic Bootstrapping Architecture (GBA).

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