Method of mutual authentication for secure wireless service provision
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1. A method for securing mobile station provisioning comprising the steps of:
- prior to a mobile station activation operation, providing to a subscriber of said mobile station a subscriber password and a network password;
subsequent to the providing of the subscriber password and the network password, receiving a request for mobile station provisioning;
upon receipt of said requestrequesting transmission of a subscriber password and verifying a received subscriber password; and
wherein mobile station provisioning proceeds if the subscriber password is verified.
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Abstract
A mutual authentication process assures that a subscriber does not provide sensitive activation information to an imposter network and a network does not provide sensitive activation information to an imposter subscriber. The mutual authentication is facilitated by a pair of passwords that are communicated between the activation center of the network and the subscriber via a secure channel.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for securing mobile station provisioning comprising the steps of:
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prior to a mobile station activation operation, providing to a subscriber of said mobile station a subscriber password and a network password; subsequent to the providing of the subscriber password and the network password, receiving a request for mobile station provisioning; upon receipt of said request requesting transmission of a subscriber password and verifying a received subscriber password; and wherein mobile station provisioning proceeds if the subscriber password is verified. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. In a system for over-the-air activation of a mobile station, a method for mutual authentication of a subscriber and a network comprising the steps of:
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provisioning a network password and a subscriber password to a subscriber associated with the mobile station; at the time of activation sending said network password to the mobile station; receiving a subscriber password from the mobile station; verifying the received subscriber password by comparing the received subscriber password to the subscriber password provisioned to the mobile station'"'"'s subscriber; and authorizing activation if said received subscriber password matches the provisioned subscriber password. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for mutual authentication for mobile station provisioning comprising the steps of:
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during a password generation session at a network node, establishing a secure communication with a subscriber; generating a subscriber password and a network password; and transmitting said subscriber password and said network password to said subscriber; and during a provisioning session at a network node, receiving a first password from the mobile station; transmitting a second password to said mobile station; and provisioning said mobile station with activation data if said first password matches said subscriber password and said second password matches said network password. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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