Wi-Fi integration for non-SIM devices
First Claim
1. A method performed by an Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting, AAA, server for enabling a non-Subscriber Identity Module, non-SIM, device to access a first network via a second network, the method comprising:
- based on a request for authorization to the first network from the non-SIM device, obtaining an identity associated with the non-SIM device;
transmitting a request for a user profile associated with a user of the non-SIM device to the subscriber database, which request comprises the obtained identity for the non-SIM device;
receiving, from the subscriber database, the requested user profile for the non-SIM device, wherein the requested user profile for the non-SIM device is associated with a SIM device; and
based on the received user profile, authorizing the non-SIM device to access the first network via the second network.
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Abstract
The embodiments herein relate to a method performed by an AAA server (113) for enabling a non-SIM device (101b) to access a first network (100a) via a second network (100b). Based on a request for authorization to the first network (100a) from the non-SIM device (101b), the AAA server (113) obtains an identity associated with the non-SIM device (101b). The AAA server (113) transmits a request for a user profile associated with a user of the non-SIM device (101b) to the subscriber database (110). The request comprises the obtained identity for the non-SIM device (101b). The AAA server (113) receives, from the subscriber database (110), the requested user profile for the non-SIM device (101b). Based on the received user profile, the AAA server (113) authorizes the non-SIM device (101b) to access the first network (100a) via the second network (100b).
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28 Claims
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1. A method performed by an Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting, AAA, server for enabling a non-Subscriber Identity Module, non-SIM, device to access a first network via a second network, the method comprising:
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based on a request for authorization to the first network from the non-SIM device, obtaining an identity associated with the non-SIM device; transmitting a request for a user profile associated with a user of the non-SIM device to the subscriber database, which request comprises the obtained identity for the non-SIM device; receiving, from the subscriber database, the requested user profile for the non-SIM device, wherein the requested user profile for the non-SIM device is associated with a SIM device; and based on the received user profile, authorizing the non-SIM device to access the first network via the second network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 25)
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6. A method performed by an Application Server, AS, for enabling a non-Subscriber Identity Module, non-SIM, device to access a first network via a second network, the method comprising:
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creating an association between a SIM device and the non-SIM device; creating a user profile associated with a user of the non-SIM device; and transmitting at least part of the user profile for the non-SIM device to a subscriber database and to a Certificate Authority, CA, server to be used in authentication and authorization of the non-SIM device to access the first network via the second network. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 26)
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13. An Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting, AAA, server for enabling a non-Subscriber Identity Module, non-SIM, device to access a first network via a second network, the AAA server being arranged to:
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based on a request for authorization to the first network from the non-SIM device, obtain an identity associated with the non-SIM device; transmit a request for a user profile associated with a user of the non-SIM device to the subscriber database, which request comprises the obtained identity for the non-SIM device; receive, from the subscriber database, the requested user profile for the non-SIM device, wherein the requested user profile for the non-SIM device is associated with a SIM device; and
tobased on the received user profile, authorize the non-SIM device to access the first network via the second network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An Application Server, AS, for enabling a non-Subscriber Identity Module, non-SIM, device to access a first network via a second network, the AS being arranged to:
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create an association between a SIM device and the non-SIM device; create a user profile associated with the user of the non-SIM device; and transmitting at least part of the user profile for the non-SIM device to a subscriber database and to a Certificate Authority, CA, server to be used in authentication and authorization of the non-SIM device to access the first network via the second network. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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27. A method for enabling a non-Subscriber Identity Module, non-SIM, device to access a first network via a second network, the method comprising:
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creating, at an Application Server, AS, an association between a SIM device and the non-SIM device; creating, at the AS, a user profile associated with a user of the non-SIM device; transmitting at least part of the user profile for the non-SIM device from the AS to a subscriber database and to a Certificate Authority, CA, server to be used in authentication and authorization of the non-SIM device to access the first network via the second network; based on a request for authorization to the first network from the non-SIM device to an Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting, AAA, server, obtaining, at the AAA server, an identity associated with the non-SIM device; transmitting a request for a user profile associated with a user of the non-SIM device from the AAA server to the subscriber database, which request comprises the obtained identity for the non-SIM device; receiving, at the AAA server from the subscriber database, the requested user profile for the non-SIM device; and based on the received user profile, authorizing, at the AAA server, the non-SIM device to access the first network via the second network.
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28. A communications system for enabling a non-Subscriber Identity Module, non-SIM, device to access a first network via a second network, the communications system comprises an Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting, AAA, server and an Application Server, AS, wherein the AAA server is arranged to:
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based on a request for authorization to the first network from the non-SIM device, obtain an identity associated with the non-SIM device; transmit a request for a user profile associated with a user of the non-SIM device to the subscriber database, which request comprises the obtained identity for the non-SIM device; receive, from the subscriber database, the requested user profile for the non-SIM device; and
tobased on the received user profile, authorize the non-SIM device to access the first network via the second network; and wherein the AS is arranged to; create an association between a SIM device and the non-SIM device; create a user profile associated with the user of the non-SIM device; and
totransmitting at least part of the user profile for the non-SIM device to a subscriber database and to a Certificate Authority, CA, server to be used in authentication and authorization of the non-SIM device to access the first network via the second network.
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