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Authentication of access terminals in a cellular communication network

  • US 7,962,123 B1
  • Filed: 03/06/2007
  • Issued: 06/14/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for authenticating an access terminal, comprising:

  • a memory operable to store information describing the access terminal; and

    a packet control function operable to;

    receive a first extended authentication protocol message from the access terminal;

    encapsulate the first extended authentication protocol message in a first A10 message;

    populate a packet header of the A10 message with information identifying the A10 message as encapsulating the first extended authentication protocol message; and

    transmit the first A10 message to an IP gateway, the IP gateway configured to route packets between a radio-packet network and a packet data network independently of a point-to-point protocol and to transmit the extended authentication protocol message to an extended authentication protocol server used to authenticate the access terminal.

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