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NON-3GPP DEVICE ACCESS TO CORE NETWORK

Publication No. EP4344135

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App No. EP24150987

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Filed by Koninklijke Philips N.V.

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Filed on 2019-08-29

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Issued/Published on 2025-12-24

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Publication No. EP4344135 A2

Application No. EP24150987 Filed: 2019-08-29

Grant Date 2025-12-24 Mention of grant

Active Oppositions 1 Active EPO Oppositions

Patent Abstract / Summary

[0001] A non-SI device (120) is arranged for wireless communication (130) and cooperates with an SI device (110) having access to a subscriber identity. The non-SI device has a transceiver (121) to communicate in a local network and a processor (122) to establish an association with the SI. A non-SI public key is provided to the SI device via a first communication channel. A verification code is shared with the SI device via a second communication channel. The channels are different and include an out-of-band channel (140). Proof of possession of a non-SI private key is provided to the SI device via the first or the second communication channel. From the SI device, security data is received that is related to the SI and is computed using the non-SI public key. The security data reliably enables the non-SI device to access the core network via the local network and a gateway between the local network and the core network.

IPC Classifications

H04W12/00, H04W12/04, H04W4/80, H04L9/40, H04W12/43, H04W12/50, // H04W84/12 H04L9/40

Priority Claims

EP 20180191757 Date: 2018-08-30

Designated Contracting States (38 EPC States)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

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Applicants

Koninklijke Philips N.V.

High Tech Campus 34, 5656 AE Eindhoven

Inventors (2)

BERNSEN, Johannes Arnoldus Cornelis

Eindhoven

DEES, Walter

Eindhoven

Representatives / Agents

Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

High Tech Campus 34, 5656 AE Eindhoven

Nederlandsch Octrooibureau

P.O. Box 29720, 2502 LS The Hague

Key Procedural Dates

Request-For-Examination 2024-12-05

Mention Of Grant Published 2025-12-24

First-Examination-Report-Despatched 2025-06-11

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