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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2008
Yu-wen Chen, Taichung, TW;
Jui-tang Wang, Keelung, TW;
Chien-chao Tseng, Hsinchu, TW;
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A group authentication method adaptable to a communication system is disclosed. The communication system includes a user group, a serving network, and a home network. The user group includes at least one mobile station. The home network pre-distributes a group authentication key to itself and all the mobile stations in the same user group and generates a mobile station authentication key for each mobile station. The home network generates a group list for recording related information of the user group. The home network has a database for recording the group list. The serving network has a database for recording the group list and a group authentication data received from the home network. The group authentication method includes following steps. The serving network performs an identification action to a mobile station. The communication system performs a full authentication action or a local authentication action according to the result of the identification action.