Wireless telecommunications network, and a method of authenticating a message
US9473934B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 8, 2011 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/045
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is provided of authenticating a message from a femtocell base station in a wireless telecommunications network comprising a security gateway and a femto-gateway. The method comprising the steps of: checking by the security gateway that a source IP address in the message from the femtocell base station accords with that expected from that femtocell base station, and checking by the femto-gateway that the source IP address in the message accords with that expected from that femtocell base station by inspecting a database relating a femtocell base station identifier to source IP address data.
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