US 12,245,023 B2
Notification in EAP procedure
Apostolis Salkintzis, Athens (GR)
Assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park, Singapore (SG)
Appl. No. 17/279,063
Filed by Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD., New Tech Park (SG)
PCT Filed Apr. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/059792
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/204352, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0116769 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 12/03 (2021.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 12/03 (2021.01) [H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus storing code for a gateway function, the apparatus comprising:
at least one memory storing the code; and
at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to execute the code to cause the gateway function to:
start an Extensible Authentication Protocol (“EAP”) session with a user equipment (“UE”), wherein the gateway function supports exchange of a first set of Non-Access Stratum (“NAS”) messages exchanged between the UE and an access and mobility management function (“AMF”);
receive, from the AMF, a first request comprising a security key for securing a communication with the UE;
transmit an EAP notification request to the UE in response to receiving the first request comprising the security key, wherein the EAP notification request comprises at least one access parameter;
receive an EAP notification response from the UE; and
complete the EAP session.