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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2018
Deutsche Telekom Ag, Bonn, DE;
Kurt Bischinger, Vienna, AT;
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG, Bonn, DE;
Abstract
A method for detection of a user equipment type includes: receiving, by a communication network, a service request message from a user equipment, wherein the service request message requests a service from the communication network and comprises subscriber identity information and/or device identity information related to the user equipment and an indication that an alternative authorization method and/or an alternative authentication method is to be applied to the user equipment; verifying, by the communication network, based on the subscriber identity information and/or the device identity information related to the user equipment, that the user equipment belongs to an internet-of-things user equipment type; and in response to verifying that the user equipment belongs to the internet-of-things user equipment type, granting, by the communication network, the requested service to the user equipment.