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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 06, 2015
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Tomas Mecklin, Kyrkslätt, FI;

Jari Arkko, Kauniainen, FI;

Heidi-Maria Back, Helsinki, FI;

Miljenko Opsenica, Espoo, FI;

Le Wang, Helsinki, FI;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 8/02 (2009.01); H04W 8/24 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/02 (2013.01); H04W 8/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards a physical node, and corresponding methods therein, for providing authentication of a wireless device within a visiting wireless network while the wireless device is in a roaming state. The wireless device is registered to a home wireless network. The physical node further comprises a virtual representation of a functionality of at least one core network node controlled by the home wireless network. Thus, such authentication may be provided and control according to home network based procedures.


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