CPC H04W 12/06 (2013.01) | 18 Claims |
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.
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