US 7,322,041 B2 | ||
Authentication and security in wireless communication system | ||
Izzet M. Bilgic, Colorado Springs, Colo. (US); and Narayan P. Menon, Colorado Springs, Colo. (US) | ||
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, Calif. (US) | ||
Filed on Jul. 24, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/202,113. | ||
Application 10/202113 is a continuation of application No. 08/988505, filed on Dec. 10, 1997, granted, now 6,580,906. | ||
Prior Publication US 2002/0176581 A1, Nov. 28, 2002 | ||
Int. Cl. H04L 9/12 (2006.01); H04M 1/66 (2006.01); H04Q 7/20 (2006.01); H04Q 7/28 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 726—12 [713/153; 713/176; 455/422.1; 455/410; 455/426.2; 455/458; 455/461] | 8 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
connecting a wireless access communication unit to a plurality of non-wireless communication devices;
establishing a wireless connection between the wireless access communication unit and a network;
transmitting a subscriber identifier from the wireless access communication unit to the network over the wireless connection,
the subscriber identifier corresponding to one of a plurality of subscriber ports of the wireless access communication unit;
transferring, under supervision of a controller, information between a radio unit of the wireless access communication unit
and the plurality of subscriber ports while the wireless access communication unit is wireless connected to the network;
receiving an authentication parameter from the network over the wireless connection at the wireless access communication unit;
and
generating an authentication key at the wireless access communication unit based upon the authentication parameter and a locally
stored user key value associated with the one of the plurality of subscriber ports of the wireless access communication unit.
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