Abstract: The application discloses methods and corresponding systems and network devices and/or nodes for enabling user equipment belonging to a home network to access data communication services in a visited network of a wireless communication system. By way of example, there is provided a method that comprises the step of obtaining at least one cryptographic token originating from a network node of the home network of the user equipment and cryptographically signed by a private key associated with the home network, wherein the at least one cryptographic token represents means for accessing data communication services via user data transport functions of the visited network.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 25, 2019
Date of Patent:
April 9, 2024
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
Inventors:
Tommy Arngren, Bernard Smeets, Tomas Thyni, Daniel Bergström
Inventors:
Jonathan Henry Fratti, Eric Glenn Harsh, Steffany V. Tran, Nathan A. Herrmann, Simon J. M. Enever, William May, Sean James Wilson, James C. Krause, Maxwell R. Wood-Lee, Paul B. Koh
Inventors:
Derek Rund, Josh Haldeman, Mary Friedl, Michael Palmisano, Tony Guard, Jeffrey Barnes, Ayden Henson, David Seward, Steven Cardinali, Matthew Alles, Robert Sanzone