Patent ID: 9426648
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: at an access point, receiving a request from a mobile device; extracting an Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)-re-authentication-Initiate message and a station nonce (SNonce) from the request, wherein the EAP-re-authentication-Initiate message is included in a first information element of the request and the SNonce is included in a second information element of the request, the first information element distinct from the second information element; sending the EAP-re-authentication-Initiate message to an authentication server; receiving an answer message from the authentication server, wherein the answer message includes a re-authentication master session key (rMSK); generating an access point nonce (ANonce); and sending a response to the mobile device, wherein the response includes the ANonce.