US 12,069,475 B2
Methods and systems of head end based wireless device authentication
Gopal Raman, San Jose, CA (US); and Sathish Damodaran, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Nile Global, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Nile Global, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/130,282.
Application 18/130,282 is a continuation of application No. 17/319,031, filed on May 12, 2021, granted, now 11,622,269.
Prior Publication US 2023/0319560 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 12/06 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 12/06 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of communications, the method comprising:
at a head end (HE), receiving an authentication message from a wireless access point (AP) deployed at a customer site, wherein the HE is deployed at the customer site;
using the HE, serving as an authentication front end and signing the authentication message using a shared secret between the HE and an authentication server;
at the HE, extracting a payload from the authentication message;
at the HE, encapsulating the payload into an authentication request; and
from the HE, transmitting the authentication request to the authentication server.