US 12,245,022 B2
Subscription retrieval for anonymous identification
Cheng Wang, Shanghai (CN); David Castellanos ZAMORA, Madrid (ES); Helena Vahidi Mazinani, Lund (SE); and Christine Jost, Dalby (SE)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/627,795
Filed by TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Jun. 25, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/055698
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/260646, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/CN2020/098322 (WO), filed on Jun. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0279343 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 12/02 (2009.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01); H04W 12/72 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 12/02 (2013.01) [H04W 12/069 (2021.01); H04W 12/72 (2021.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a first network node in a telecommunications network, wherein the first network node is an Authentication Server Function (AUSF) node and wherein the telecommunications network is a 5th generation, 5G, telecommunications network, the method comprising:
receiving an authentication request associated with a communication device requesting registration with the telecommunications network, the authentication request including first subscriber information;
determining that the first subscriber information comprises an anonymous Subscription Concealed Identifier (SUCI) containing an anonymous identifier; and
generating second subscriber information based on the first subscriber information.