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Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026

Filed:

Oct. 11, 2023
Applicant:

Interdigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Inventor:

Haorui Yang, Dongguan, CN;

Assignee:

InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04L 63/0892 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01);
Abstract

A network device and user equipment (UE) are provided. The network device includes a memory, a transceiver, a processor, and a bus system, the processor is configured to execute the instructions in the memory to perform operations of: in response to receiving an authentication request, sending a first authentication message to a first UE, the authentication request being used to trigger an authentication flow for a second UE requesting to use a target network slice, the second UE accessing the first network equipment through the first UE, the first authentication message comprising a first indication and a first extensible authentication protocol (EAP) message, the first indication indicating that the first EAP message is to be used by the second UE, the first EAP message being used to authenticate legality of use of the target network slice by the second UE.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Yang, Haorui. (2026). Network equipment and user equipment (U.S. Patent No. 12532171). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12532171

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