Patent ID: 9723549
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A communication control apparatus, which controls an authentication device provided at a mobile terminal and used for authenticating identity of a mobile user, so that the mobile terminal selects different operator networks for communications, the communication control apparatus is provided at the mobile terminal, and the communication control apparatus is configured to: acquire identification information of the authentication device; transmit the identification information to a server, so that the server authenticates identity of the authentication device; acquire a session key and attribute setting information encrypted by the session key from the server when an identity authentication performed by the server is successful; transmit to the authentication device the session key and the attribute setting information encrypted by the session key, so that the authentication device obtains the attribute setting information by decrypting, and sets operator attributes of the authentication device according to the attribute setting information; receive a notification that the authentication device successfully sets the operator attributes, and selects an operator attribute according to a received handover instruction when the number of the operator attributes is more than two, so that the mobile terminal is handed over to a network corresponding to the selected operator attribute for communications; and control the authentication device according to a received deletion instruction to delete the operator attributes, wherein, the authentication device and the communication control apparatus communicate with each other through a data path in conformity with a transport protocol data unit (TPDU) protocol, wherein, the attribute setting information has at least an international mobile subscriber identification number (IMSI) and a key identifier (Ki), wherein, the communication control apparatus interacts data with the server by connecting to the Internet.