Patent ID: 11949668
Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
receive a request to identify a subscriber identity de-concealing function (SIDF) device associated with a subscription concealed identifier (SUCI) included in a registration request from a user device;
forward the SUCI to an identified SIDF device to decode the SUCI;
receive, from the SIDF device, the SUPI;
identify a unified data management (UDM) device associated with the SUPI; and
transmit an authentication request to the identified UDM device to obtain authentication information associated with the user device;
receive, from the UDM device, the authentication information; and
forward the authentication information to an access and mobility function (AMF) device, wherein the authentication information is used to authenticate the user device.