Patent ID: 8589675
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless local area network (WLAN) authentication method, comprising: redirecting, by a WLAN gateway, a Hypertext Transmission Protocol (HTTP) request message sent by a WLAN terminal to an address of a login webpage of a WLAN, and returning the redirected HTTP request message to the WLAN terminal, wherein the WLAN gateway is arranged between the WLAN terminal and an Authentication/Authorization/Accounting (AAA) server of the WLAN; and sending, by the WLAN gateway, authentication request information carrying a subscriber identifier of a subscriber identification module sent by the WLAN terminal to the AAA server corresponding to the address of the login webpage of the WLAN such that the AAA server performs authentication based on the subscriber identifier, wherein the subscriber identifier is acquired by the WLAN terminal from the subscriber identification module when it is detected that the subscriber identity module is currently connected, wherein sending the authentication request information to the AAA server corresponding to the login webpage of the WLAN comprises: