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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2011
Nicholas Bone, Thatcham, GB;
Nicholas Bone, Thatcham, GB;
Vodafone IP Licensing Limited, Newbury Berkshire, GB;
Abstract
To facilitate authentication over a wireless access network, it is proposed to provide a hub device having an authentication storage means (i.e. a (U)SIM) to which one or more machine devices are connected. Each machine devices connects to a wireless access network and in order to authenticate with that network requests authentication information from the hub device. The core network of the wireless access network, authenticates each machine device and provides the machine devices with parallel access to the access network in accordance with authentication information obtained from the hub device. The authentication information is unique to the respective machine device but also associated with information stored on the authentication storage means of the hub device.