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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2018
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Om Prakash Suthar, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Aeneas Sean Dodd-Noble, Andover, MA (US);
Ammar Rayes, San Ramon, CA (US);
Ian McDowell Campbell, Littleton, CO (US);
Michael David Geller, Weston, FL (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A network function (NF) entity in a communication network receives session request data associated with a User Equipment (UE), which includes blockchain authentication data. The NF entity selects a Blockchain Authentication Function (BAF) entity based on the session request data, and exchanges at least a portion of the blockchain authentication data with the BAF entity over a blockchain network interface. The NF entity further receives authentication confirmation data from the BAF entity over the blockchain network interface, and establishes a data session associated with the UE based on the authentication confirmation data.