US 12,490,092 B2
WPA3-personal cloud based network access and provisioning
Edward W. Neipris, Wrentham, MA (US); Joshua David Wade, Castle Rock, CO (US); and Tyler Nesper, Denver, CO (US)
Assigned to DISH Network L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed by DISH Network L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/445,079.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/325,017, filed on Mar. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0121609 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 12/069 (2021.01); H04W 12/0471 (2021.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 12/069 (2021.01) [H04W 12/0471 (2021.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for provisioning wireless network access to a wireless device, the method comprising:
creating, in a cloud-based provisioning system, a wireless network access profile that includes a user identifier associated with the wireless device;
receiving, on an access point, an authentication request sent from the wireless device;
identifying, by the cloud-based provisioning system, the wireless device based on the user identifier associated with the wireless device;
performing, on the cloud-based provisioning system, WPA3-based authentication to authenticate the wireless device, wherein performing the WPA3-based authentication further comprises performing a key exchange process between the wireless device and the cloud-based provisioning system by:
generating, on the wireless device, a first group element, and a first scalar value, and on the cloud-based provisioning system, a second group element, and a second scalar value using an agreed-upon algorithm between the wireless device and the cloud-based provisioning system;
generating, on the wireless device, a first shared secret key based on the first scalar value and the second group element using the agreed-upon algorithm;
generating, on the authentication system, a second shared secret key based on the second scalar value and the first group element using the agreed-upon algorithm; and
identifying, by the authentication system, a match of the first shared secret key and the second shared secret key; and
providing, via the access point, wireless network access to the wireless device.