Alcatel Lucent

Tiru Kamar Sheth

Ramaswamy Subramanian

Shanawaz Shaik

Ivaylo Tanouchev

Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method, network node, and non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including one or more of the following: instructions for obtaining, by a session establishment device, a subscriber record associated with a subscriber based on the session establishment device receiving a request message for establishment of a session with respect to a user device, wherein the request message includes a received subscriber identifier associated with the subscriber and a received equipment identifier associated with the user device, and wherein the subscriber record stores a stored subscriber identifier and a stored equipment identifier; instructions for comparing the received equipment identifier to the stored equipment identifier to determine whether the user equipment is associated with the subscriber in the subscriber record; and instructions for conditionally rejecting establishment of the session based on the determination of whether the user equipment is associated with the subscriber in the subscriber record.

Enhanced authentication for provision of mobile services

An apparatus, method and machine readable storage medium, for an authentication server such as a RADIUS server, for authenticating a subscriber are disclosed. The method comprises: receiving a request message including a plurality of attributes such as attribute value pairs (AVPs) having respective attribute names and respective attribute values; retrieving an authentication profile object; identifying a plurality of authentication attributes to use for authentication from the authentication profile object; extracting the plurality of authentication attribute values from the message; pre-processing one or more of the extracted attribute values; and authenticating the request message based on the pre-processed extracted attribute values.

Flexible authentication using multiple radius AVPs

Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method, network node, and non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including one or more of the following: receiving, at an authentication server, a request message including a plurality of attributes having respective attribute names and respective attribute values; retrieving a profile object that identifies a first attribute name; reading a first attribute value from a first attribute of the plurality of attribute values, wherein the first attribute carries the first attribute name; generating a first subscription identifier that carries the first attribute value; identifying a first subscriber profile that stores the first subscription identifier; and authenticating the request message based on the first subscriber profile.

Flexible and generalized authentication

Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a policy server in a communication network. The method includes receiving an access request message including a residential gateway identifier and a subscriber identifier; evaluating a policy rule based on the residential gateway identifier, the policy rule including a condition referencing the residential gateway identifier; and responding to the access request message based on evaluation of the policy rule and the subscriber identifier. The method may further include: receiving an IP address of the residential gateway; storing the IP address in association with the residential gateway identifier; receiving, from a service portal, a request for identification of a residential gateway associated with an IP address; sending the stored residential gateway identifier to the portal; receiving new subscriber information; and changing the authorization of the residential gateway based on the new subscriber information.

Residential gateway based policy

Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a policy server. The method includes: receiving a request for service, the request including an identification of user equipment; determining a user equipment type (TAC); evaluating a policy rule based on the user equipment type, the policy rule including a condition referencing at least one user equipment type; and responding to the request for service based on evaluation of the policy rule.

Service provider certified device policy management

Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a policy manager network node in a network, the method including: receiving accounting threshold information relating to an access session associated with an access node; receiving accounting network usage measurement message relating to the access session; determining that a total network usage of the access session exceeds a threshold; and sending a change of authorization message to the access node, wherein the change of authorization message limits a first type of network access, redirects a user of the access node, and allows a second type of network access to continue.

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Tiru Kamar Sheth