Patents by Inventor Holger METSCHULAT

Holger METSCHULAT has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Authentication, authorization and accounting functionality within an access network of a telecommunications network and/or an improved access network architecture
    Patent number: 11700253
    Abstract: A method for an access network of a telecommunications network includes: in a first step, a first authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA)-related message is sent by an authentication server entity and received by an access orchestrator entity, the first AAA-related message comprising: at least one standardized message attribute according to an access protocol; and at least one vendor-specific message attribute; in a second step, subsequent to the first step, the access orchestrator entity sends a second AAA-related message to a service edge entity, the second AAA-related message solely comprising the at least one standardized message attribute according to the access protocol; and in a third step, subsequent to the first step and prior to, during or after the second step, the access orchestrator entity sends at least one third AAA-related message to the service edge entity, the at least one third AAA-related message corresponding to a message according to an application programming interface (API)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
    Inventors: Fabian Schneider, Holger Metschulat
  • AUTHENTICATION, AUTHORIZATION AND ACCOUNTING FUNCTIONALITY WITHIN AN ACCESS NETWORK OF A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND/OR AN IMPROVED ACCESS NETWORK ARCHITECTURE
    Publication number: 20210352068
    Abstract: A method for an access network of a telecommunications network includes: in a first step, a first authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA)-related message is sent by an authentication server entity and received by an access orchestrator entity, the first AAA-related message comprising: at least one standardized message attribute according to an access protocol; and at least one vendor-specific message attribute; in a second step, subsequent to the first step, the access orchestrator entity sends a second AAA-related message to a service edge entity, the second AAA-related message solely comprising the at least one standardized message attribute according to the access protocol; and in a third step, subsequent to the first step and prior to, during or after the second step, the access orchestrator entity sends at least one third AAA-related message to the service edge entity, the at least one third AAA-related message corresponding to a message according to an application programming interface (API)
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Fabian SCHNEIDER, Holger METSCHULAT