Patent ID: 11871223
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An authentication method, comprising:
sending, by a core network device disposed between a terminal device of a user and a data network device, an authentication request message of the user to the data network device, wherein the authentication request message requests that the data network device perform identity authentication on the user, the authentication request message comprises first information indicating user identity information of the user, and the authentication request message further comprises the user identity information, wherein the user identity information is located in a container of the authentication request message, and wherein the first information is located outside the container of the authentication request message; and
receiving, by the core network device, an authentication response message from the data network device, wherein the authentication response message comprises the first information.