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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2016
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Philip Hawkes, Valley Heights, AU;
Anand Palanigounder, San Diego, CA (US);
Rajat Prakash, San Diego, CA (US);
Miguel Griot, La Jolla, CA (US);
Manu Sharma, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Various features pertain to the authentication of mobile devices or other User Equipment. In some aspects, a Retail-based Neutral Host LTE is provided for use with Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks that, among other features, provides a WiFi Alliance HotSpot 2.0 (HS2.0) user experience using LTE technology for non-mobile network operator (non-MNO) Service Providers (SPs), while maintaining high security assurances as with LTE. That is, in some examples, Retail Neutral Host-LTE is configured to provide the same or similar security assurances as with MNO-based LTE. Moreover, retail Neutral Host-LTE offers options for provisioning credentials and authentication with the AAA that are analogous to the options for HS2.0, that is: username/password, SP-issued certificate, and pre-configured mobile device certificate. This is achieved, at least in part, while providing or ensuring that Retail Neutral Host-LTE security provides similar security assurances to MNO-based LTE.