Patent ID: 9021100
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, with an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) server from a network device, an authentication request configured in accordance with a AAA protocol, wherein the authentication request includes a request for a first set of network configuration parameters for a client device and a set of authentication attributes, wherein each authentication attribute from the set of authentication attributes has a maximum size defined by the AAA protocol, wherein a size of the request for the first set of network configuration parameters is larger than the maximum size, and wherein the request for the first set of network configuration parameters is at least one of encoded in two or more authentication attributes from the set of authentication attributes or truncated such that the truncated request for the first set of network configuration parameters has a size that is less than or equal to the maximum size; determining, based on the authentication information and the first set of network configuration parameters, a second set of network configuration parameters for the client device; generating, with the AAA server, an authentication response message configured in accordance with the AAA protocol, wherein the authentication response message includes the second set of network configuration parameters; and transmitting, from the AAA server to the network device, the authentication response message using the AAA protocol.