Automated device provisioning and activation
DCFirst Claim
1. An end-user device comprising:
- a modem for enabling communication with a network system over a service control link provided by the network system over a wireless access network, the service control link secured by an encryption protocol and configured to support control-plane communications between the network system and a service control device link agent on the end-user device;
a plurality of device agents communicatively coupled to the service control device link agent through an agent communication bus, each of the plurality of device agents identifiable by an associated device agent identifier; and
memory configured to store an encryption key, the encryption key shared between the service control device link agent and a service control server link element of the network system;
wherein the service control device link agent is configured to;
receive, over the service control link, an encrypted agent message from the service control server link element,using the encryption key, obtain a decrypted agent message, the decrypted agent message comprising a particular agent identifier and message content for delivery to a particular device agent of the plurality of device agents, the particular agent identifier identifying the particular device agent, the message content from a particular server of a plurality of servers communicatively coupled to the service control server link element, andbased on the particular agent identifier, deliver the message content to the particular device agent over the agent communication bus.
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Abstract
Devices and methods for receiving control-plane communications from a network element over a secure service control link are disclosed. The network element includes a service control server link element that is communicatively coupled to a plurality of servers. The device includes a plurality of device agents communicatively coupled to a service control device link agent through an agent communication bus. The service control device link agent receives an encrypted agent message from the service control server link element over the secure service control link, uses an encryption key to obtain a decrypted agent message comprising a particular agent identifier and message content for delivery to the particular device agent, and, based on the particular agent identifier, delivers the message content to the particular device agent over the agent communication bus.
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30 Claims
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1. An end-user device comprising:
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a modem for enabling communication with a network system over a service control link provided by the network system over a wireless access network, the service control link secured by an encryption protocol and configured to support control-plane communications between the network system and a service control device link agent on the end-user device; a plurality of device agents communicatively coupled to the service control device link agent through an agent communication bus, each of the plurality of device agents identifiable by an associated device agent identifier; and memory configured to store an encryption key, the encryption key shared between the service control device link agent and a service control server link element of the network system; wherein the service control device link agent is configured to; receive, over the service control link, an encrypted agent message from the service control server link element, using the encryption key, obtain a decrypted agent message, the decrypted agent message comprising a particular agent identifier and message content for delivery to a particular device agent of the plurality of device agents, the particular agent identifier identifying the particular device agent, the message content from a particular server of a plurality of servers communicatively coupled to the service control server link element, and based on the particular agent identifier, deliver the message content to the particular device agent over the agent communication bus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method performed by an end-user device, the method comprising:
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receiving, over a service control link, an encrypted agent message from a network element, the service control link secured by an encryption protocol, the service control link supporting control-plane communications between a service control device link agent on the end-user device and the network element; using an encryption key shared between the service control device link agent and the network element, obtaining a decrypted agent message, the decrypted agent message comprising a particular agent identifier and message content for delivery to a particular device agent of a plurality of device agents on the end-user device, each of the plurality of device agents identifiable by an associated device agent identifier and communicatively coupled to the service control device link agent through an agent communication bus, the particular agent identifier identifying the particular device agent, the message content from a particular server of a plurality of servers communicatively coupled to the network element; and delivering the message content to the particular device agent over the agent communication bus based on the particular agent identifier.
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