IP Library Granted Patent US 12,652,285
Granted Patent B2
US 12,652,285 · App. 18/265,443 · Granted Jun 9, 2026

Methods, entities and computer readable media for non-3GPP access authentication

Inventors: David Castellanos Zamora (Madrid, ES); Daniel Nilsson (Älvängen, SE); Stefan Rommer (Västra Frölunda, SE); Cheng Wang (Shanghai, CN); Chunbo Wang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL)
H04L63/0892H04L69/08H04W8/18H04W12/06
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Patent No.
US 12,652,285
App. No.
18/265,443
Granted
Jun 9, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides methods, entities, and computer readable media for non-3GPP access authentication. The method ( 1600 ) at a protocol translation entity includes: receiving (S 1601 ), from a Non-3GPP access point, an authentication request message of a first protocol type for a UE that includes an identity of the UE; translating (S 1603 ) the authentication request message of the first protocol type to a corresponding authentication request message of a second protocol type; and transmitting (S 1605 ), to an entity for authentication, the corresponding authentication request message of a second protocol type that includes the identity of the UE.

Claims (22)

1 . A method performed by an authentication server function (AUSF), the method comprising:

receiving, from AAA-Interworking Function (IWF), an authentication request message of a second protocol type for a User Equipment ‘UE’ for traffic offload from a Non-3rd Generation Partnership Project ‘Non-3GPP’ access network, which comprises a SUbscription Concealed Identifier, SUCI, of the UE;

generating an authentication credential request message of the second protocol type that comprises the SUCI of the UE, based on the received authentication request message of the second protocol type; and

transmitting, to a unified data management (UDM) function, the authentication credential request message of the second protocol type.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein

the authentication credential request message of the second protocol type is transmitted to the UDM function for traffic offload from the Non-3GPP access network.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the UDM function, a corresponding authentication credential response message of the second protocol type that comprises a SUbscription Permanent Identifier, SUPI, of the UE, for authentication of the UE with an authentication credential received in the authentication credential response message of the second protocol type;

generating an authentication response message of the second protocol type based on the received authentication credential response message of the second protocol type; and

transmitting, to the AAA-IWF, the authentication response message of the second protocol type.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein

the authentication request message of the second protocol type comprises an authentication request message over a Service Based Interface (SBI) interface with the AAA-IWF;

the authentication credential request message of the second protocol type comprises an authentication credential request message over an SBI interface with the UDM function;

the authentication credential response message of the second protocol type comprises an authentication credential response message over an SBI interface with the UDM function; and

the authentication response message of the second protocol type comprises an authentication response message over the SBI interface with the AAA-IWF.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second protocol type refers to a 5G Core ‘5GC’ protocol.

6 . A method performed by a unified data management (UDM) function, the method comprising:

receiving, from an authentication server function (AUSF), an authentication credential request message of a second protocol type for a User Equipment ‘UE’ for traffic offload from a Non-3rd Generation Partnership Project ‘Non-3GPP’ access network, which comprises a SUbscription Concealed Identifier, SUCI, of the UE; and

transmitting, to the AUSF, a corresponding authentication credential response message of the second protocol type that comprises a SUbscription Permanent Identifier, SUPI, of the UE, for authentication of the UE with an authentication credential received in the authentication credential response message of the second protocol type.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein

the authentication credential request message of the second protocol type comprises an authentication credential request message over a Service Based Interface (SBI) interface with the entity for authentication; and

the authentication credential response message of the second protocol type comprises an authentication credential response message over an SBI interface with the AUSF.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2023
From: CASTELLANOS ZAMORA, DAVID; NILSSON, DANIEL; ROMMER, STEFAN; WANG, CHENG; WANG, CHUNBO
To: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Reel/Frame 064540/0065 →
Priority Claims (1)
WO PCT/CN2020/136618 · Dec 15, 2020 · international
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