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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022

Filed:

May. 05, 2017
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Vesa Torvinen, Sauvo, FI;

Antonio Alonso Alarcon, Madrid, ES;

David Castellanos Zamora, Madrid, ES;

Cheng Wang, Shanghai, CN;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01); H04W 8/24 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0892 (2013.01); H04L 63/162 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04W 8/24 (2013.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01); H04L 63/205 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and network nodes of a wireless communications network are disclosed. The network nodes are operable to initiate a plurality of authentication mechanisms. Responsive to receipt of a request for authentication transmitted by a terminal device of the wireless communications network, the network nodes are configured to select an authentication mechanism from the plurality of authentication mechanisms; and are further configured to initiate the selected authentication mechanism to authenticate the terminal device with the wireless communications network.


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