Non-mobile authentication for mobile network gateway connectivity
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04W-004/00
H04W-012/06
H04W-008/06
H04W-008/08
H04W-084/12
출원번호
US-0043303
(2016-02-12)
등록번호
US-10021566
(2018-07-10)
발명자
/ 주소
Schroeder, Hartmut
Kitson, Nikolas Dawson
Tellakula, Sreenivasa
출원인 / 주소
Juniper Networks, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
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초록▼
In general, techniques are described for emulating mobile authentication methods to establish authenticated connectivity between a mobile service provider gateway and a wireless device attached to an alternate access network. For example, a system operating according to the described techniques incl
In general, techniques are described for emulating mobile authentication methods to establish authenticated connectivity between a mobile service provider gateway and a wireless device attached to an alternate access network. For example, a system operating according to the described techniques includes a mobile service provider network, an alternate access network having an access gateway, and an authentication server of the mobile service provider network that receives a network access request. A subscriber database responds to the network access request with virtual mobility information, wherein the network access request does not include an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI), and wherein the virtual mobility information comprises a virtual IMSI. The access gateway uses the virtual mobility information to signal a mobile network gateway of the mobile service provider network to establish a service session for the wireless device over the alternate access network that is anchored by the mobile network gateway.
대표청구항▼
1. A method comprising: receiving, by an authentication server from a wireless access gateway of an alternate access network that interfaces to a mobile service provider gateway of a mobile service provider network to provide the alternate access network with access to the mobile service provider ne
1. A method comprising: receiving, by an authentication server from a wireless access gateway of an alternate access network that interfaces to a mobile service provider gateway of a mobile service provider network to provide the alternate access network with access to the mobile service provider network, a network access request originated by a wireless device, wherein the network access request does not include an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) for the wireless device, and wherein the network access request comprises at least one of subscriber credentials and a media access control (MAC) address for the wireless device;querying, by the authentication server in response to receiving the network access request, a subscriber database with the at least one of the subscriber credentials and the MAC address for the wireless device;assigning, by the authentication server without accessing a Home Location Register (HLR) for the mobile service provider network and in response to determining the subscriber database does not store a virtual IMSI for the wireless device, a virtual IMSI usable by the wireless access gateway for establishing a subscriber session for the wireless device within the mobile service provider network; andsending, by the authentication server to the wireless access gateway, the virtual IMSI. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the subscriber database does not operate as a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) for the mobile service provider network. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the subscriber database does not operate as an HLR for the mobile service provider network. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the network access request includes subscriber credentials,wherein the querying comprises querying the subscriber database with the subscriber credentials to receive a response from the subscriber database, andwherein determining the subscriber database does not store a virtual IMSI for the wireless device comprises determining the response does not include a virtual IMSI for the wireless device, the method further comprising:storing the virtual IMSI to the subscriber database. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the network access request comprises a media access control (MAC) address for the wireless device,wherein the querying comprises querying the subscriber database with the MAC address to receive a response from the subscriber database, andwherein determining the subscriber database does not store a virtual IMSI for the wireless device comprises determining, based on the response from the subscriber database, the subscriber database does not include an association between the MAC address and a virtual IMSI, the method further comprising:storing an association between the MAC address and the virtual IMSI to the subscriber database. 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising: authenticating, by the authentication server in response to receiving the network access request, the wireless device for access to the mobile service provider network,wherein the assigning comprises assigning, by the authentication server in response to the authenticating and the determining, the virtual IMSI. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the virtual IMSI is not associated with a subscriber for the wireless device in the HLR for the mobile service provider network. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the alternate access network comprises one of a Wi-Fi network, WiMAX network, or Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) network. 9. The method of claim 1, further comprising: storing the virtual IMSI to the subscriber database. 10. An authentication server comprising: one or more processors operably coupled to a memory, the memory configured to cause the one or more processors to:receive, from a wireless access gateway of an alternate access network that interfaces to a mobile service provider gateway of a mobile service provider network to provide the alternate access network with access to the mobile service provider network, a network access request originated by a wireless device, wherein the network access request does not include an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) for the wireless device, and wherein the network access request comprises at least one of subscriber credentials and a media access control (MAC) address for the wireless device;query, in response to receiving the network access request, a subscriber database with the at least one of the subscriber credentials and the MAC address for the wireless device;assign, without accessing a Home Location Register (HLR) for the mobile service provider network and in response to determining the subscriber database does not store a virtual IMSI for the wireless device, a virtual IMSI usable by the wireless access gateway for establishing a subscriber session for the wireless device within the mobile service provider network; andsend, to the wireless access gateway, the virtual IMSI. 11. The authentication server of claim 10, wherein the subscriber database does not operate as a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) for the mobile service provider network. 12. The authentication server of claim 10, wherein the subscriber database does not operate as an HLR for the mobile service provider network. 13. The authentication server of claim 10, wherein the network access request includes subscriber credentials, andwherein the memory is configured to cause the one or more processors to:query the subscriber database by querying the subscriber database with the subscriber credentials to receive a response from the subscriber database;determine the subscriber database does not store a virtual IMSI for the wireless device by determining the response does not include a virtual IMSI for the wireless device; andstore the virtual IMSI to the subscriber database. 14. The authentication server of claim 10, wherein the network access request comprises a media access control (MAC) address for the wireless device, andwherein the memory is configured to cause the one or more processors to:query the subscriber database by querying the subscriber database with the MAC address to receive a response from the subscriber database;determine the subscriber database does not store a virtual IMSI for the wireless device by determining, based on the response from the subscriber database, the subscriber database does not include an association between the MAC address and a virtual IMSI; andstore an association between the MAC address and the virtual IMSI to the subscriber database. 15. The authentication server of claim 10, wherein the memory is configured to cause the one or more processors to: authenticate, in response to receiving the network access request, the wireless device for access to the mobile service provider network; andassign, in response to the authenticating and the determining, the virtual IMSI. 16. The authentication server of claim 10, wherein the virtual IMSI is not associated with a subscriber for the wireless device in the HLR for the mobile service provider network. 17. The authentication server of claim 10, wherein the alternate access network comprises one of a Wi-Fi network, WiMAX network, or Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) network. 18. The authentication server of claim 10, wherein the memory is configured to cause the one or more processors to store the virtual IMSI to the subscriber database. 19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions for causing one or more programmable processors of an authentication server to: receive, from a wireless access gateway of an alternate access network that interfaces to a mobile service provider gateway of a mobile service provider network to provide the alternate access network with access to the mobile service provider network, a network access request originated by a wireless device, wherein the network access request does not include an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) for the wireless device, and wherein the network access request comprises at least one of subscriber credentials and a media access control (MAC) address for the wireless device;query, in response to receiving the network access request, a subscriber database with the at least one of the subscriber credentials and the MAC address for the wireless device;assign, without accessing a Home Location Register (HLR) for the mobile service provider network and in response to determining the subscriber database does not store a virtual IMSI for the wireless device, a virtual IMSI usable by the wireless access gateway for establishing a subscriber session for the wireless device within the mobile service provider network; andsend, to the wireless access gateway, the virtual IMSI.
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