Patent ID: 8621582
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for binding service functions in a telecommunication network to an authentication function, wherein said method comprises steps of: receiving a user Internet Protocol (IP) number related to a user equipment at an authentication service; authenticating said user equipment according to a Generic Authentication Architecture (GAA) method in said authentication service, wherein the GAA method includes: sending authentication data from said authentication service to an application server requested by said user equipment; receiving user specific charging rules for a user of said user equipment from the application server at said authentication service; sending at least the user specific charging rules for said user to a communication support node via said authentication service and a service rules function; wherein said communication support node is a Gateway General Packet Radio Service Support Node (GGSN); and, wherein said service rules function comprise a Charging Rules Function (CRF); and ensuring, at the authentication service, that information sent from the application server is tied to the user equipment by: