Patent ID: 11943614
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A first data management node in a first core network, CN, the first data management node being arranged to:
receive a request to authenticate a user for access via the first CN;
determine that user authentication credentials are unavailable in relation to the first CN;
send, to a translator function associated with a second CN that is different than the first CN, a request to provide user authentication credentials associated with the first CN;
receive user authentication credentials associated with the first CN; and
based on the received user authentication credentials, authenticate the user for access via the first CN, wherein the first data management node arranged to authenticate the user for access via the first CN is further configured to:
decrypt the received user authentication credentials;
generate authentication vectors; and
authenticate the user based on the generated authentication vectors.