US 11,974,130 B2
Method, apparatus and computer program product for authentication procedure between devices
Mohamed Amin Nassar, Munich (DE); and Bo Holm Bjerrum, Nibe (DK)
Assigned to Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
Filed by Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/569,596.
Claims priority of application No. 20215015 (FI), filed on Jan. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0225091 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 76/18 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 12/06 (2013.01) [H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 76/18 (2018.02)] 12 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
receiving from a target device a request to establish a unicast device to device communication between the target device and an initiating device;
sending from the initiating device an authentication request to the target device for authenticating the target device;
receiving from the target device an authentication response to the authentication request including one or more parameters related to the authentication;
providing information of the one or more parameters to an application in the initiating device;
examining by the application whether the one or more parameters can be accepted; and
if the examining reveals that at least one of the one or more parameters cannot be accepted, sending an authentication failure message to the target device.