Patent ID: 9668129
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A system having one or more entities, each entity having a processor and physical storage for facilitating authentication of at least one machine device with a wireless access network, the system comprising: a physical authentication storage device, that provides authentication information to other entities of the system during authentication processes; at least one machine device connected to a wireless access network and having a communication interface with the authentication storage device, such that the at least one machine device has a non-continuous connection with the authentication storage device, the authentication storage device providing the authentication information to the at least one machine device while connected to the at least one machine device, the authentication information including a hash pre-image of a random value, the hash pre-image allowing the machine device to determine the correctness of the pre-image by hashing the pre-image random value, and further allows the machine device to determine that the pre-image was issued by a valid base station; and a core network, that provides the at least one machine device with advance data, where the advance data is used by the one least one machine device to obtain the authentication information from the authentication storage device in advance of a subsequent authentication process of the said at least one machine device with the wireless access network, the subsequent authentication process occurring when the at least one machine device is not connected to the authentication storage device such that the subsequent authentication process is not dependent upon the at least one machine device having a current connection with the authentication storage device.