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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2008
Jeremy R. Breau, Kansas City, MO (US);
John E. Belser, Olathe, KS (US);
Arun Santharam, Olathe, KS (US);
Brent Hirschman, Overland Park, KS (US);
Jeremy R. Breau, Kansas City, MO (US);
John E. Belser, Olathe, KS (US);
Arun Santharam, Olathe, KS (US);
Brent Hirschman, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and computer-readable medium are provided for maintaining a network session between a network element and a network despite the need to reauthenticate the network element. A computer-implemented method is provided for authenticating a network element to a network. According to this method, an authentication request is transmitted to the network element. In response, the network element provides identifying information for a home agent that previously routed messages to the network element. The identifying information is then used to generate a mobility key. Later, when a network registration request message is received on behalf of the network element, the generated key is used to validate the request.