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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
May. 17, 2019
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Om Prakash Suthar, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Ammar Rayes, San Ramon, CA (US);
Michael David Geller, Weston, FL (US);
Ian McDowell Campbell, Littleton, CO (US);
Aeneas Sean Dodd-Noble, Andover, MA (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A network function (NF) entity in a communication network receives authentication data associated with a User Equipment (UE), determines the UE supports a blockchain registration procedure based on the authentication data, exchanges authentication messages with a Blockchain Roaming Broker (BRB) entity over a blockchain network interface, receives a blockchain authentication confirmation from the BRB entity, and registers the UE with the core network based on the blockchain authentication confirmation.