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Granted Patent B2
US 10,149,163 · App. 15/580,014 · Granted Dec 4, 2018

Methods and apparatuses of device identity check in a core network for a wireless network

Inventors: Ping Chen (Shanghai, CN); Wei Xu (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
H04W12/06H04W84/04H04W84/12H04W88/16
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Patent No.
US 10,149,163
App. No.
15/580,014
Granted
Dec 4, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and apparatus of device identity check at a central authorization entity in a core network for a wireless network and a method and apparatus of device identity check at a gateway in a core network for a wireless network are disclosed. The method of device identity check at the central authorization entity may include obtaining, in response to an authorization request from a terminal device via another access network, an identity of the terminal device, sending an identity check request containing the identity of the terminal device to an identity check entity, receiving a check response containing an identity check result for the identity of the terminal device from the identity check entity, and sending an authorization result for the terminal device based on the identity check result.

Claims (33)

1. A method of device identity check at a central authorization entity in a core network for a wireless network, the method comprising:

obtaining, in response to an authorization request from a terminal device via another access network, an identity of the terminal device, the another access network being different from the wireless network of the central authorization entity;

sending an identity check request containing the identity of the terminal device to an identity check entity;

receiving a check response containing an identity check result for the identity of the terminal device from the identity check entity; and

sending an authorization result for the terminal device based on the identity check result.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining an identity of the terminal device comprises:

sending an identity request in response to the authorization request; and

receiving an identity response containing the identity of the terminal device.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising checking whether identity check functionality is enabled, wherein the identity of the terminal device is obtained further in response to determining that the identity check functionality is enabled.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the identity request is sent, in an identity request message, to a gateway for accessing the core network by the terminal device via the another access network, and wherein the identity response is received in an identity response from the gateway.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising checking whether identity check functionality is enabled, wherein the identity of the terminal device is obtained further in response to determining that the identity check functionality is enabled.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the identity request is further sent to the terminal device at the gateway in an authorization response for the authorization request, and wherein the identity of the terminal device is received at the gateway in a new authorization request containing the identity of the terminal device.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising checking whether identity check functionality is enabled, wherein the identity of the terminal device is obtained further in response to determining that the identity check functionality is enabled.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising checking whether identity check functionality is enabled, wherein the identity of the terminal device is obtained further in response to determining that the identity check functionality is enabled.

9. A method for device identity check at a gateway in a core network for a wireless network, the method comprising:

receiving, from a central authorization entity, an identity request for an identity of a terminal device which initiated an authorization request via another access network, the another access network being different from the wireless network of the central authorization entity;

sending the identity request to the terminal device in an authorization response for the authorization request;

receiving the identity of the terminal device contained in a new authorization request initiated by the terminal device via the another access network; and

sending the identity of the terminal device to the central authorization entity in an identity response.

10. An apparatus for device identity check at a central authorization entity in a core network for a wireless network, the apparatus comprising at least one processor configured to cause the apparatus to:

obtain, in response to an authorization request from a terminal device via another access network, an identity of the terminal device, the another access network being different from the wireless network of the central authorization entity;

send an identity check request containing the identity of the terminal device to an identity check entity;

receive a check response containing an identity check result for the identity of the terminal device from the identity check entity; and

send an authorization result for the terminal device based on the identity check result.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the apparatus to:

send an identity request in response to the authorization request; and

receive an identity response containing the identity of the terminal device.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the at least one process is further configured to cause the apparatus to check whether identity check functionality is enabled to obtain the identity of the terminal device further in response to a determination that the identity check functionality is enabled.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the identity request is sent, in an identity request message, to a gateway for accessing the core network by the terminal device via the another access network, and wherein the identity response is received in an identity response from the gateway.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the identity request is further sent to the terminal device at the gateway in an authorization response for the authorization request, and wherein the identity of the terminal device is received at the gateway in a new authorization request containing the identity of the terminal device.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to cause the apparatus to check whether identity check functionality is enabled and to obtain the identity of the terminal device further in response to a determination that the identity check functionality is enabled.

16. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to cause the apparatus to check whether identity check functionality is enabled, and to obtain the identity of the terminal device further in response to a determination that the identity check functionality is enabled.

17. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to cause the apparatus to check whether identity check functionality is enabled and to obtain the identity of the terminal device further in response to a determination that the identity check functionality is enabled.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2017
From: CHEN, PING; XU, WEI
To: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Reel/Frame 044328/0793 →
Continuity (1)
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