Method for authenticating access to an unlicensed wireless communications system using a licensed wireless communications system authentication process
First Claim
1. A method of authenticating an unlicensed wireless communication subscriber device to utilize an unlicensed wireless communication system based on security information supplied by a licensed wireless communication system, wherein the unlicensed wireless communication system comprises a networked computer for communicatively coupling the unlicensed wireless communication system and the licensed wireless communication system, the method comprising:
- sending licensed wireless communication system security information from the networked computer to the unlicensed wireless communication subscriber device;
receiving an authentication result at the networked computer from said unlicensed wireless communication subscriber device, the authentication result produced by the subscriber device based at least partly on the licensed wireless communication system security information;
comparing, at the networked computer, said authentication result with an authentication value received from the licensed wireless communication system to selectively produce an authentication command to allow the subscriber device to access the unlicensed wireless communication system; and
enabling unlicensed wireless communications between said subscriber device and the unlicensed wireless communication system in response to said authentication command;
wherein said unlicensed wireless communication subscriber device is for communicating with the licensed wireless communication system using licensed wireless frequencies and for communicating with said unlicensed wireless communication system using unlicensed wireless frequencies.
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Abstract
A method of authenticating a user seeking access to an unlicensed wireless communication system includes delivering to an unlicensed wireless communication subscriber device licensed wireless communication system security information. An authentication result produced by the subscriber device is processed in response to the licensed wireless communication system security information. The authentication result is compared with an authentication value to selectively produce an authentication command. Unlicensed wireless communication between the subscriber device and an unlicensed wireless communication system base station is enabled in response to the authentication command.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of authenticating an unlicensed wireless communication subscriber device to utilize an unlicensed wireless communication system based on security information supplied by a licensed wireless communication system, wherein the unlicensed wireless communication system comprises a networked computer for communicatively coupling the unlicensed wireless communication system and the licensed wireless communication system, the method comprising:
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sending licensed wireless communication system security information from the networked computer to the unlicensed wireless communication subscriber device; receiving an authentication result at the networked computer from said unlicensed wireless communication subscriber device, the authentication result produced by the subscriber device based at least partly on the licensed wireless communication system security information; comparing, at the networked computer, said authentication result with an authentication value received from the licensed wireless communication system to selectively produce an authentication command to allow the subscriber device to access the unlicensed wireless communication system; and enabling unlicensed wireless communications between said subscriber device and the unlicensed wireless communication system in response to said authentication command; wherein said unlicensed wireless communication subscriber device is for communicating with the licensed wireless communication system using licensed wireless frequencies and for communicating with said unlicensed wireless communication system using unlicensed wireless frequencies. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of authenticating an unlicensed wireless communication subscriber device to utilize an unlicensed wireless communication system based on security information supplied by a licensed wireless communication system, wherein the unlicensed wireless communication system comprises a networked computer for communicatively coupling the unlicensed wireless communication system and the licensed wireless communication system, the method comprising:
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identifying when the unlicensed wireless communication subscriber device is within a service region of an unlicensed wireless communication base station; emulating, with said networked computer, operations of a licensed wireless communication system mobile switching center in response to said identifying; receiving licensed wireless communication system security information from the licensed wireless communication system at said networked computer; sending said licensed wireless communication system security information to said subscriber device; receiving an authentication result from the subscriber device in response to said emulating, the authentication result produced by the subscriber device using the licensed wireless communication system security information; and comparing said authentication result with an authentication value received from said licensed wireless communication system to selectively enable, based on said comparison, unlicensed wireless communication between said unlicensed wireless communication subscriber device and said unlicensed wireless communication system; wherein said unlicensed wireless communication subscriber device is for communicating with the licensed wireless communication system using licensed wireless frequencies and for communicating with said unlicensed wireless communication system using unlicensed wireless frequencies. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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