Patent ID: 9037112
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of a user equipment for secured remote provisioning of a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) of the user equipment, the method comprising: initiating a request for remote provisioning of the UICC of the user equipment remotely located from an operator network to a shared key management server via the operator network, wherein the request for remote provisioning includes a machine identifier (MID) associated with the user equipment and a public land mobile network (PLMN) identifier (ID) associated with an network operator; receiving authentication parameters from the operator network in response to the request for remote provisioning; sending an authentication response message to the operator network upon successful verification of authentication parameters; securely receiving security credentials from the operator network in response to the authentication response message; and generating a subscription key at the UICC based on the security credentials received from the operator network.