| CPC H04W 12/06 (2013.01) [H04W 8/005 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A 5th Generation (5G) authentication method, comprising:
determining whether there is authentication data related to 5G authentication in a local network based on a terminal identifier comprised in an authentication vector acquisition request transmitted by an authentication network element (AUSF);
in response to there being no authentication data in the local network, acquiring an authentication vector from a home subscription server (HSS) according to the authentication vector acquisition request; and
generating a home authentication vector according to the authentication vector, and transmitting the home authentication vector to the AUSF, to enable the AUSF to perform authentication verification according to the home authentication vector.
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