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EP1571799A1 A method to grant access to a data communication network and related devices 有权
一种用于准予接入通信网络和相应的设备的方法

A method to grant access to a data communication network and related devices
摘要:
A method to grant a supplicant access to a data communication network and related devices is claimed. The supplicant is associated to a Medium Access Control address and is coupled to a port of an authenticator of the data communication network. The method comprises:

a step of transmitting an authentication request by the authenticator to an authentication server being coupled thereto; and
a step of making by the authentication server an authentication decision based upon predefined rules and conditions; and
a step of transmitting by the authentication server to the authenticator an authentication reply that comprises a result of the authentication decision. The method further comprises:


a step of developing by the authentication server a registration memory that comprises entries whereby an entry comprises an association between a Medium Access Control address of a granted supplicant and an authenticated port for the granted supplicant that already received a grant to access an allowed data communication network via the authenticated port; and
the method further comprises that the predefined rules and conditions comprises
   a first controlling step of controlling the registration memory upon a presence of a previous entry that comprises a first association between the Medium Access Control address of the supplicant and the port of the authenticator.
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