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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 18, 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 determines a User Equipment (UE) supports a blockchain authentication procedure, exchanges authentication messages with a Blockchain Authentication Function (BAF) entity over a blockchain network interface (e.g., based on the blockchain authentication procedure), receives a blockchain authentication confirmation from the BAF entity, and registers the UE based on the blockchain authentication confirmation.