US 12,328,575 B2
Authentication between user equipment and communication network for onboarding process
Markus Staufer, Munich (DE); Rainer Liebhart, Munich (DE); Sumesh Parameswaran Nair, Aluva (IN); and Bo Holm Bjerrum, Nibe (DK)
Assigned to Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
Filed by Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/879,101.
Claims priority of application No. 202141035567 (IN), filed on Aug. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0045417 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 12/03 (2021.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 12/06 (2013.01) [H04W 8/18 (2013.01); H04W 60/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor;
at least one memory including computer program code;
the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
cause initiation of an authentication process between the apparatus and an onboarding network, wherein the authentication process is based on at least one onboarding record previously configured for the apparatus or a set of apparatus via the onboarding network and maintained by the onboarding network; and
upon successful completion of the authentication process between the apparatus and the onboarding network, request a communication session through the onboarding network to a provisioning server, external to the onboarding network, for remote provisioning of the apparatus.