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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2008
John Kaippallimalil, Richardson, TX (US);
John Kaippallimalil, Richardson, TX (US);
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a node comprising an access controller (AC) and an authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) proxy (AAA-P), wherein the AC is configured to manage authentication for a user equipment (UE), and wherein the AAA-P is configured to exchange authentication information related to the UE with an AAA server. Included is a network component comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising establishing a first tunnel with a home gateway (HG), wherein the HG communicates wirelessly with a UE, and establishing a second tunnel between the UE and a Network Access Server (NAS). Also included is a network component comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising receiving a Pairwise Master Key (PMK) from an AAA mediator (AAA-M), and authenticating a UE using the PMK.