Patent ID: 9648019
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method performed by an Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting, AAA, server for enabling a non-Subscriber Identity Module, non-SIM, device to access a first network via a second network, the method comprising: based on a request for authorization to the first network from the non-SIM device, obtaining an identity associated with the non-SIM device; transmitting a request for a user profile associated with a user of the non-SIM device to the subscriber database, which request comprises the obtained identity for the non-SIM device; receiving, from the subscriber database, the requested user profile for the non-SIM device, wherein the requested user profile for the non-SIM device is associated with a SIM device; and based on the received user profile, authorizing the non-SIM device to access the first network via the second network.