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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:
Apr. 07, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2022
Applicant:

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;

Inventors:

Qianghua Zhu, Beijing, CN;

Wenfu Wu, Shanghai, CN;

Qi Yao, Beijing, CN;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 8/20 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.05); H04L 63/0892 (2013.01); H04W 8/20 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

An external authentication method to implement authentication of a terminal with external subscription, where the method includes: A mobility management network element obtains external authentication indication information. The mobility management network element sends a first request message to a terminal based on the external authentication indication information, where the first request message is used to request external authentication. The mobility management network element receives a first non-access stratum (NAS) message from the terminal. The mobility management network element sends related information of an external entity to an authentication server function network element based on the first NAS message, where the related information of the external entity is used to address the external entity, and where the external entity is configured to perform authentication on the terminal. The mobility management network element receives an external authentication result from the authentication server function network element.


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