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US 12,375,893 · App. 18/378,947 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

System for authenticating and authorizing access to and accounting for wireless access vehicular environment consumption by client devices

Inventor: Martin D. Nathanson (Westmount, CA)
Assignee: PAXGRID CDN INC.
H04W4/44H04W4/24H04W12/02H04W12/03H04W12/068H04W12/069H04W12/084H04W12/086G06F21/45H04L43/0811H04L61/5092H04L63/08H04L63/0823H04L63/0892H04L67/12H04L2101/659H04L2209/80H04L2209/84H04W80/04H04W84/005H04W88/02H04W88/08H04W88/14H04W92/02H04W92/045H04W92/10
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Patent No.
US 12,375,893
App. No.
18/378,947
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method are disclosed for authenticating and authorizing access to and accounting for consumption of bandwidth for IPv6 connectivity to the Internet over Wireless Access Vehicular Environment (WAVE) service channels by client devices using an Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) server. The AAA server authenticates and authorizes client devices to access WAVE service channels, and accounts for bandwidth consumption by the client devices using WAVE service channels to access the Internet. The AAA server enables an RSU infrastructure operator to quantify wireless bandwidth consumption by in-vehicle devices using the WAVE Service Channels, on a per-device basis.

Claims (3)

1. An On-Board Unit (OBU), compliant with Wireless Access Vehicular Environment (WAVE) and configurable with dual-radio capability, running at least one application level computer program adapted to request authentication and authorization from an Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) server, for IPv6 connectivity to the Internet, either on behalf of a neighboring non-Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC) mobile device or for a DSRC, and configured with an extended IPv6 Management Information Base (MIB) operable to retrieve addresses of neighboring devices when a new entry is inserted in a routing table, using either a synchronous method based on SNMP GET to retrieve the routing table periodically, or an asynchronous method based on SNMP TRAP to report “real-time” changes in the routing table.

2. The OBU as defined in claim 1 , operable to request “Internet Subscription” credentials from the AAA server, using a Security Credentials and Management System (SCMS) enrollment certificate from encryption of the request to, and decryption of a response from, said AAA server, and operable to use said credentials when requesting authentication and authorization from said AAA server for said IPv6 connectivity to the Internet.

3. The OBU as defined in claim 1 , operable to request credentials from the AAA server, using SCMS enrollment certificate, an identification certificate, or other certifying credential, to digitally sign the request to said AAA server, said request including a public key of said enrollment certificate, which enables said AAA server to encrypt a response, and operable to use said credentials when requesting authentication and authorization from said AAA server for said IPv6 connectivity to the Internet.

Continuity (6)
Division 17832071 · Jun 3, 2022
Division 16581016 · Sep 24, 2019
Continuation 16253861 · Jan 22, 2019
Continuation 15639022 · Jun 30, 2017
Provisional Application 62357504 · Jul 1, 2016
Related Publication 20240040350A1 · Feb 1, 2024
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