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

Claim 5:
6. An authentication apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor; and
a non-transitory computer readable memory coupled to the at least one processor and having a program stored thereon for execution by the at least one processor, the program including instructions to:
send an authentication request message of a user to a data network device, wherein the authentication apparatus is disposed between a terminal device of the user and 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

receive an authentication response message from the data network device, wherein the authentication response message comprises the first information.