System, method, and computer-readable medium for authentication center-initiated authentication procedures for a mobile station attached with an IP-femtocell system

1. A method of providing an authentication center-initiated authentication procedure to a mobile station attached with a femtocell system, comprising:

receiving, by a convergence server located in a core network, an authentication procedure request from an authentication center for the mobile station attached with the femtocell system;

generating, by the convergence server, an authentication procedure request message that includes a registration identifier assigned to the mobile station, the registration identifier comprising a pseudo-electronic serial number derived from a mobile equipment identifier for the mobile station;

transmitting, by the convergence server, the authentication procedure request message to the femtocell system; and

receiving, by the convergence server, a response to the authentication procedure request message from the femtocell system.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the authentication procedure request comprises a unique challenge, and wherein the authentication procedure request message comprises an authentication request that includes a pseudo-randomly generated value.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the response includes an authentication result generated by the mobile station using the pseudo-randomly generated value and a shared secret data key.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the femtocell system maps the authentication procedure to the mobile station using the registration identifier.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the authentication procedure request comprises a shared secret data update procedure, and wherein the authentication procedure request message comprises a shared secret data update request message.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising transmitting, by the femtocell system, an update order to the mobile station that includes a random number seed.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising receiving, by the convergence server, a base station challenge request message from the femtocell system including a pseudo-random value selected by the mobile station.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

engaging, by the convergence server, the authentication center in a base station challenge process; and

transmitting, by the convergence server, a base station challenge response to the femtocell system including a base station authentication result received from the authentication center.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising updating, by the mobile station, a shared secret data key in the event the base station authentication result in the base station challenge response matches a base station authentication result produced by the mobile station.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the authentication procedure request comprises a call history count update procedure, and wherein the authentication procedure request message comprises a count update message.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions tangibly embodied thereon for execution by a processing system, the computer-executable instructions for providing an authentication center-initiated authentication procedure to a mobile station attached with a femtocell system that, when executed, cause the processing system to:

receive, by a convergence server located in a core network, an authentication procedure request from an authentication center for the mobile station attached with the femtocell system;

generate, by the convergence server, an authentication procedure request message that includes a registration identifier assigned to the mobile station, the registration identifier comprising a pseudo-electronic serial number derived from a mobile equipment identifier for the mobile station;

transmit, by the convergence server, the authentication procedure request message to the femtocell system;

receive, by the convergence server, a response to the authentication procedure request message from the femtocell system; and

map the authentication procedure to the mobile station using the registration identifier.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the authentication procedure request comprises a unique challenge, the authentication procedure request message comprises an authentication request that includes a pseudo-randomly generated value, and the response includes an authentication result generated by the mobile station using the pseudo-randomly generated value and a shared secret data key.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the authentication procedure request comprises a shared secret data update procedure and the authentication procedure request message comprises a shared secret data update request message, the non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to transmit, by the femtocell system, an update order to the mobile station that includes a random number seed.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to:

receive, by the convergence server, a base station challenge request message from the femtocell system including a pseudo-random value selected by the mobile station;

engage, by the convergence server, the authentication center in a base station challenge process; and

transmit, by the convergence server, a base station challenge response to the femtocell system including a base station authentication result received from the authentication center.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to update, by the mobile station, a shared secret data key in the event the base station authentication result in the base station challenge response matches a base station authentication result produced by the mobile station.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the authentication procedure request comprises a call history count update procedure, and wherein the authentication procedure request message comprises a count update message.

17. A network system that provides authentication center-initiated authentication procedures for mobile stations, comprising:

a core network that includes a convergence server;

a mobile core network that includes an authentication center; and

an Internet Protocol-based femtocell system that provides a radio access point for a mobile station, wherein the convergence server receives an authentication procedure request from the authentication center for the mobile station, generates an authentication procedure request message that includes a registration identifier assigned to the mobile station, the registration identifier comprising a pseudo-electronic serial number derived from a mobile equipment identifier for the mobile station, transmits the authentication procedure request message to the femtocell system, receives a response to the authentication procedure request message from the femtocell system, and wherein the femtocell system maps the authentication procedure to the mobile station using the registration identifier.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the authentication procedure request comprises a unique challenge, the authentication procedure request message comprises an authentication request that includes a pseudo-randomly generated value, and the response includes an authentication result generated by the mobile station using the pseudo-randomly generated value and a shared secret data key.

19. The system of claim 17 , wherein the authentication procedure request comprises a shared secret data update procedure and the authentication procedure request message comprises a shared secret data update request message, wherein the femtocell system transmits an update order to the mobile station that includes a random number seed.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the convergence server receives a base station challenge request message from the femtocell system including a pseudo-random value selected by the mobile station, engages the authentication center in a base station challenge process, and transmits a base station challenge response to the femtocell system including a base station authentication result received from the authentication center.