Patent ID: 8406738
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of authenticating a mobile terminal using a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) authentication device managed by a mobile virtual network operator, the method comprising: receiving an authentication request sent from the mobile terminal from a relay device via a MVNO base station configured to provide a service of the mobile virtual network operator, the relay device being located between the MVNO base station or a Mobile Network Operator (MNO) base station configured to provide a service of a mobile network operator and the MVNO authentication device or a MNO authentication device managed by the mobile network operator, the authentication request including a mobile virtual network operator identifier identifying a mobile virtual network operator and a base station identifier identifying the MVNO or MVO base station via which the authentication request is transmitted from the mobile terminal to the relay device; determining whether access from the mobile terminal serving as a MVNO mobile terminal registered as a user of the mobile virtual network operator is permitted, based on the mobile virtual network operator identifier included in authentication request; and transferring, upon receiving the authentication request sent from a MNO mobile terminal registered as a user of the mobile network operator from the relay device, the authentication request to the MNO authentication device.