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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2016
At&t Intellectual Property I, Lp, Atlanta, GA (US);
Chen-Yui Yang, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Paritosh Bajpay, Edison, NJ (US);
David H. Lu, Morganville, NJ (US);
Balaji R. Puli, San Ramon, CA (US);
Anthony M. Srdar, Gainesville, GA (US);
Xidong Wu, Livermore, CA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, identifying a request from a femtocell located at a customer premises to receive a requested service of subscribed services related to a subscriber account that identifies an availability of the requested service to the femtocell. Authentication information is determined, provided by way of the femtocell and a message is provided to a server including the authentication information and an identifier of a customer premises device located at the customer premises. An authentication process to authenticate the femtocell is initiated responsive to the request, wherein the server identifies the subscriber account based on the identifier of the customer premises device, and wherein the femtocell is authenticated based on information associated with the subscriber account. Other embodiments are disclosed.