Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating authentication of communication stations in a mobile communication system
First Claim
1. In a mobile communication system having a mobile terminal operable to communicate pursuant to a first radio communication system and also to communicate pursuant to a Bluetooth-based communication system having a Bluetooth network including at least one Bluetooth personal base unit, an improvement of apparatus for facilitating authentication of the Bluetooth-based communication system to communicate pursuant to the Bluetooth-based communication system, said apparatus comprising:
- a storage element at least coupled to the Bluetooth personal base unit of the Bluetooth-based communication system, said storage element for storing indications of a secured-identifier identifying the mobile terminal in the Bluetooth-based communication system, the indications of the secured identifier accessible pursuant to authentication procedures by which the mobile terminal and Bluetooth personal base unit are authenticated wherein the secured identifier to be stored at said storage element is provided thereto by way of the first radio communication system.
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Abstract
Apparatus, and an associated method, facilitates authentication of at least a portion of a Bluetooth-based, or other, communication system by a mobile terminal. A manner is provided by which to provide to the network portion of the communication system unique identifiers which identify the Bluetooth transceiver circuitry of the mobile terminal. Once provided to the network portion, authentication procedures by which to authenticate the network portion are carried out.
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15 Claims
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1. In a mobile communication system having a mobile terminal operable to communicate pursuant to a first radio communication system and also to communicate pursuant to a Bluetooth-based communication system having a Bluetooth network including at least one Bluetooth personal base unit, an improvement of apparatus for facilitating authentication of the Bluetooth-based communication system to communicate pursuant to the Bluetooth-based communication system, said apparatus comprising:
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a storage element at least coupled to the Bluetooth personal base unit of the Bluetooth-based communication system, said storage element for storing indications of a secured-identifier identifying the mobile terminal in the Bluetooth-based communication system, the indications of the secured identifier accessible pursuant to authentication procedures by which the mobile terminal and Bluetooth personal base unit are authenticated wherein the secured identifier to be stored at said storage element is provided thereto by way of the first radio communication system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. In a method for communicating in a mobile communication system having a mobile terminal operable to communicate pursuant to a first radio communication system and to communicate pursuant to a Bluetooth-based communication system having a Bluetooth network including at least one Bluetooth personal base unit, an improvement of a method for facilitating authentication of the Bluetooth-based communication system to communicate pursuant to the Bluetooth-based communication system, said method comprising:
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communicating indications of a secured-identifier by way of the first radio communication system;
storing the communicated indications of a secured-identifier identifying the mobile terminal in the Bluetooth-based communication system;
accessing the indications of the secured-identifier stored during said operation of storing when authentication of the mobile station and the Bluetooth-based personal base unit is to be performed; and
using the indications of the secured-identifier to perform authentication of the mobile station and the Bluetooth-based personal base unit. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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