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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2012
Applicants:
Sandro Grech, Barh, GB;
Christophe Gruet, Montigny le Bretonneux, FR;
Inventors:
Sandro Grech, Barh, GB;
Christophe Gruet, Montigny le Bretonneux, FR;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/105 (2013.01);
Abstract
To provide a user equipment with a restricted access to network services in situation when authentication of the user equipment by means of a first shared secret, known only by the user equipment and an authentication center is not possible because of a system failure, the user equipment is authenticated by means of a second shared secret in an access point node, the authentication procedure being otherwise the same.