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Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 16, 2021
Applicant:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Yousif Targali, Sammamish, WA (US);

Vinod Kumar Choyi, Conshohocken, PA (US);

Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Flower Mound, TX (US);

Michael A. Gallagher, Dublin, OH (US);

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 8/20 (2009.01); H04W 60/04 (2009.01); H04W 8/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/20 (2013.01); H04W 8/12 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 60/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method may include receiving, at a network device, a registration request that comprises a subscription concealed identifier (SUCI) associated with a particular user equipment (UE) device. The network device determines whether the SUCI indicates a request for null-scheme network access; and retrieves a scheme authorization parameter for the UE device when it is determined that the SUCI indicates a request for null-scheme network access. The scheme authorization parameter indicates whether the UE device is authorized for null-scheme access to a service provider network. The network device determines whether the UE device is authorized for null-scheme network access based on the retrieved scheme authorization parameter and performs processing associated with null-scheme network access when it is determined that the particular UE device is authorized for null-scheme network access.


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