Granted Patent B2

US 12,445,838 · App. 18/013,239 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Inventors: Hongli Ma (Guangdong, CN); Jianhua Liu (Guangdong, CN)

Assignee: ZTE Corporation

H04W12/06H04W8/005

Abstract

Claims (60)

1. A 5th Generation (5G) authentication method, comprising:

determining whether there is authentication data related to 5G authentication in a local network based on a terminal identifier comprised in an authentication vector acquisition request transmitted by an authentication network element (AUSF);

in response to there being no authentication data in the local network, acquiring an authentication vector from a home subscription server (HSS) according to the authentication vector acquisition request; and

generating a home authentication vector according to the authentication vector, and transmitting the home authentication vector to the AUSF, to enable the AUSF to perform authentication verification according to the home authentication vector.

2. The 5G authentication method according to claim 1 , wherein

acquiring the authentication vector from the HSS according to the authentication vector acquisition request comprises: acquiring the authentication vector corresponding to the terminal identifier from the HSS according to the terminal identifier.

3. The 5G authentication method according to claim 1 , wherein generating the home authentication vector according to the authentication vector comprises:

calculating the authentication vector according to a preset authentication algorithm to obtain the home authentication vector.

4. The 5G authentication method according to claim 1 , comprising:

in response to the AUSF failing to perform the authentication verification according to the home authentication vector, receiving a resynchronization request transmitted by the AUSF to perform resynchronization.

5. The 5G authentication method according to claim 4 , wherein receiving the resynchronization request transmitted by the AUSF to perform resynchronization comprises:

determining whether there is authentication data in the local network based on the resynchronization request transmitted by the AUSF;

in response to there being no authentication data in the local network, acquiring the authentication vector from the HSS according to the resynchronization request; and

generating the home authentication vector according to the authentication vector, and transmitting the home authentication vector to the AUSF, to enable the AUSF to perform the authentication verification according to the home authentication vector.

6. A 5th Generation (5G) account opening method, comprising:

performing authentication verification on a terminal according to the 5G authentication method according to claim 1 , based on a registration request transmitted by the terminal; and

in response to the authentication verification being successful, transmitting an account opening command to an account opening system, to enable the account opening system to perform data migration and 5G registration account opening of the terminal based on the account opening command.

7. The 5G account opening method according to claim 6 , wherein transmitting an account opening command to the account opening system to enable the account opening system to perform data migration and 5G registration account opening of the terminal based on the account opening command comprises:

determining whether there is subscription data of the terminal in the local network, based on a data acquisition request transmitted by an access and mobility management function (AMF); and

in response to there being no the subscription data of the terminal in the local network, transmitting an account opening command to the account opening system to enable the account opening system to perform data migration and 5G registration account opening of the terminal based on the account opening command.

8. An electronic device comprising a memory and at least one processor; wherein:

the memory is configured to store a computer program; and

the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer program and configured to, when executing the computer program,

determine whether there is authentication data related to 5G authentication in a local network based on a terminal identifier comprised in an authentication vector acquisition request transmitted by an authentication network element (AUSF);

in response to there being no authentication data in the local network, acquire an authentication vector from a home subscription server (HSS) according to the authentication vector acquisition request; and

generate a home authentication vector according to the authentication vector, and transmit the home authentication vector to the AUSF, to enable the AUSF to perform authentication verification according to the home authentication vector.

9. A 5th Generation (5G) account opening system, comprising a terminal, a unified data management (UDM), and an account opening system, wherein:

the terminal is configured to transmit a registration request;

the UDM is configured to receive the registration request transmitted by the terminal and configured to: determine whether there is authentication data related to 5G authentication in a local network based on a terminal identifier comprised in an authentication vector acquisition request transmitted by an authentication network element (AUSF); in response to there being no authentication data in the local network, acquire an authentication vector from a home subscription server (HSS) according to the authentication vector acquisition request; and generate a home authentication vector according to the authentication vector, and transmit the home authentication vector to the AUSF, to enable the AUSF to perform authentication verification according to the home authentication vector; and

the account opening system is configured to perform data migration and 5G registration account opening of the terminal according to an account opening command transmitted by the UDM.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, cause the processor to implement:

determining whether there is authentication data related to 5G authentication in a local network based on a terminal identifier comprised in an authentication vector acquisition request transmitted by an authentication network element (AUSF);

in response to there being no authentication data in the local network, acquiring an authentication vector from a home subscription server (HSS) according to the authentication vector acquisition request; and

generating a home authentication vector according to the authentication vector, and transmitting the home authentication vector to the AUSF, to enable the AUSF to perform authentication verification according to the home authentication vector.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, cause the processor to implement:

performing authentication verification on a terminal according to a 5G authentication method, based on a registration request transmitted by the terminal, wherein the 5G authentication method comprises: determining whether there is authentication data related to 5G authentication in a local network based on a terminal identifier comprised in an authentication vector acquisition request transmitted by an authentication network element (AUSF); in response to there being no authentication data in the local network, acquiring an authentication vector from a home subscription server (HSS) according to the authentication vector acquisition request; and generating a home authentication vector according to the authentication vector, and transmitting the home authentication vector to the AUSF, to enable the AUSF to perform the authentication verification according to the home authentication vector; and

in response to the authentication verification being successful, transmitting an account opening command to an account opening system, to enable the account opening system to perform data migration and 5G registration account opening of the terminal based on the account opening command.

12. The 5G account opening method according to claim 6 , wherein the authentication vector acquisition request comprises a terminal identifier; and

acquiring the authentication vector from the HSS according to the authentication vector acquisition request comprises: acquiring the authentication vector corresponding to the terminal identifier from the HSS according to the terminal identifier.

13. The 5G account opening method according to claim 6 , wherein generating the home authentication vector according to the authentication vector comprises:

calculating the authentication vector according to a preset authentication algorithm to obtain the home authentication vector.

14. The 5G account opening method according to claim 6 , comprising:

in response to the AUSF failing to perform the authentication verification according to the home authentication vector, receiving a resynchronization request transmitted by the AUSF to perform resynchronization.

15. The 5G account opening method according to claim 14 , wherein receiving the resynchronization request transmitted by the AUSF to perform resynchronization comprises:

determining whether there is authentication data in the local network based on the resynchronization request transmitted by the AUSF;

in response to there being no authentication data in the local network, acquiring the authentication vector from the HSS according to the resynchronization request; and

generating the home authentication vector according to the authentication vector, and transmitting the home authentication vector to the AUSF, to enable the AUSF to perform the authentication verification according to the home authentication vector.

16. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the authentication vector acquisition request comprises a terminal identifier; and

the processor is configured to acquire the authentication vector from the HSS according to the authentication vector acquisition request in the following manner: acquiring the authentication vector corresponding to the terminal identifier from the HSS according to the terminal identifier.

17. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to generate the home authentication vector according to the authentication vector in the following manner:

calculating the authentication vector according to a preset authentication algorithm to obtain the home authentication vector.

18. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

in response to the AUSF failing to perform the authentication verification according to the home authentication vector, receive a resynchronization request transmitted by the AUSF to perform resynchronization.

19. The electronic device according to claim 18 , wherein the processor is configured to receive the resynchronization request transmitted by the AUSF to perform resynchronization in the following manner:

determining whether there is authentication data in the local network based on the resynchronization request transmitted by the AUSF;

in response to there being no authentication data in the local network, acquiring the authentication vector from the HSS according to the resynchronization request; and

generating the home authentication vector according to the authentication vector, and transmitting the home authentication vector to the AUSF, to enable the AUSF to perform the authentication verification according to the home authentication vector.

20. The 5G account opening system according to claim 9 , wherein the UDM is configured to transmit an account opening command to the account opening system to enable the account opening system to perform data migration and 5G registration account opening of the terminal based on the account opening command in the following manner:

determining whether there is subscription data of the terminal in the local network, based on a data acquisition request transmitted by an access and mobility management function (AMF); and

in response to there being no the subscription data of the terminal in the local network, transmitting an account opening command to the account opening system to enable the account opening system to perform data migration and 5G registration account opening of the terminal based on the account opening command.

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