Patent ID: 9338648
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of authenticating a wireless terminal for inclusion of said terminal in a wireless communication network, wherein authentication is conditioned upon identification and location information transmitted from said terminal to at least one server in the network, comprising: providing in the network at least one access point for the terminal, said access point being configured to transmit authentication messages using a message format defined by the Extensible Authentication Protocol from a non-authenticated terminal to an authentication server in the network, the authentication messages including the identification and location information, wherein said location information comprises measurement information autonomously determined by the non-authenticated terminal; associating with said network a location server; transmitting identification information from said terminal to said authentication server using said message format; receiving a request for measurement information at said terminal sent by said authentication server, wherein said measurement information is a measurement of a signal received by the terminal from a wireless access point; and in response to said request, transmitting said measurement information from said terminal to said authentication server by conveying said measurement information using said message format, prior to completion of any authentication processing of said identification information, wherein said location server produces, based on said measurement information transmitted from said terminal, position information identifying a position of the terminal, and wherein a method to be used for the authentication processing of said identification information is determined based on the position information.