APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

    公开(公告)号:US20220322468A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-06

    申请号:US17622921

    申请日:2019-06-28

    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus comprising means for receiving, from a first user equipment associated with a network via a first path, a request at a second user equipment associated with the network, for the second user equipment to act as a relay node for the first user equipment acting as a master node to provide a second path between the first user equipment and the network, wherein the first user equipment and the second user equipment are connected using a proximity service interface, performing, at the second user equipment, an authorisation procedure with the network to act as a relay node for the first user equipment and providing an indication to the first user equipment that the second user equipment is authorised to act as a relay node for the first user equipment.

    AUTHORIZATION IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

    公开(公告)号:US20220116400A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-14

    申请号:US17494930

    申请日:2021-10-06

    Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising, receiving, by an intermediary network function, a subscription request from a network function consumer requesting data of a network function producer, wherein the subscription request comprises a client credential assertion of the network function consumer and an access token, authorizing and authenticating, by the intermediary network function, the network function consumer upon successful validation of the access token and the client credential assertion validation and transmitting, by the intermediary network function, an access token request to an authorization server to get another access token, wherein said another access token is to be used to validate the network function consumer to access services of the network function producer, and the access token request comprises the client credential assertion of the network function consumer requesting data of the network function producer.

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