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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2022
T-mobile Innovations Llc, Overland Park, KS (US);
T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A wireless communication network authenticates a wireless user device. Access circuitry decrypts access data with a network key and identifies a network ID and circuitry ID in the decrypted access data. In response, the access circuitry establishes a secure tunnel with the user device and transfers the circuitry ID to authentication circuitry. The authentication circuitry identifies a user ID based on the circuitry ID and authenticates the user device based on the user ID. The authentication circuitry generates a new network key pair and transfers the new keys and a grant to the access circuitry. The access circuitry transfers a new network key and the grant to the user device over the secure tunnel. The user device unlocks a user key with the grant and securely communicates using the user key. The wireless user device uses the new network key for the next authentication.