Simplified authentication via application access server
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1. A method for network access, comprising:
- pre-configuring, by an application access server, a link between the application access server and an authentication and authorization server using Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP);
receiving, at the application server, a first authorization request from the authentication and authorization server via the link comprising credentials provided by a user equipment (UE) to establish secure access to a WLAN wireless local area network (WLAN);
establishing a secure link between a user equipment (UE) and the WLAN in response to the application access server determining that the credentials allow the UE secure access to the WLAN; and
receiving, at the application access server, a second authorization request from the UE comprising the same credentials as provided to establish the WLAN secure link; and
establishing a secure application access link between the UE and the application access server via the WLAN in response to the application access server determining that the UE is allowed secure access to the application access server with the same credentials.
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Abstract
A method for network access is provided. The method includes establishing a secure link between a user equipment (UE) and a wireless local area network (WLAN) when an authentication and authorization server determines that credentials provided by the UE to the authentication and authorization server allow the UE secure access to the WLAN. The method further includes establishing a secure link between the UE and an application access server via the WLAN when the application access server, using the same credentials, determines that the UE is allowed secure access to the application access server.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for network access, comprising:
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pre-configuring, by an application access server, a link between the application access server and an authentication and authorization server using Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP); receiving, at the application server, a first authorization request from the authentication and authorization server via the link comprising credentials provided by a user equipment (UE) to establish secure access to a WLAN wireless local area network (WLAN); establishing a secure link between a user equipment (UE) and the WLAN in response to the application access server determining that the credentials allow the UE secure access to the WLAN; and receiving, at the application access server, a second authorization request from the UE comprising the same credentials as provided to establish the WLAN secure link; and establishing a secure application access link between the UE and the application access server via the WLAN in response to the application access server determining that the UE is allowed secure access to the application access server with the same credentials. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A user equipment (UE), comprising:
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a hardware processor configured such that the UE, in a first authorization request, provides credentials to an application access server via a link pre-configured between the application access server and an authentication and authorization server using Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP), wherein a secure link is established between the UE and a wireless local area network (WLAN) in response to the application access server determining that the credentials allow the UE secure access to the WLAN, and the hardware processor further configured such that the UE, in a second authorization request, sends the same credentials, as provided to establish the WLAN secure link, to the application access server, wherein a secure application access link is established between the UE and the application access server via the WLAN in response to the application access server, based on the same credentials, determining that the UE is allowed secure access to the application access server. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An application access server, comprising:
a hardware processor configured such that the application access server; pre-configures a link between the application access server and an authentication and authorization server using Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP), receives a first authorization request from the authentication and authorization server via the link comprising credentials provided by a user equipment (UE) to establish secure access to a wireless local area network (WLAN), promotes the establishment of a secure link between the UE and the WLAN in response to the application access server determining that the credentials allow the UE secure access to the WLAN, receives a second authorization request from the UE comprising the same credentials as provided to establish the WLAN secure link, and promotes the establishment of a secure application access link between the UE and the application access server via the WLAN in response to determining that the same credentials allow the UE secure access to the application access server. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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