公开(公告)号：US20180332629A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-15

申请号：US15591033

申请日：2017-05-09

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Ye Huang ,  Lei Song ,  Phillip A. Ritter ,  Bjorn Hjelm ,  Thomas W. Haynes

IPC: H04W76/06 ,  H04W76/02 ,  H04W48/08 ,  H04W8/18

CPC classification number: H04W76/38 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W8/186 ,  H04W48/18 ,  H04W76/10

Abstract: Techniques described herein may allow for the granting and revoking of temporary access, for User Equipment (“UE”) devices, to a wireless network. Multiple UEs may be registered with a group, where only a limited quantity of UEs in the group may be active at a given time. Once granted access, a UE device may have limits on the access, such as a maximum duration and/or a data limit. When a particular UE device, in a group, requests access to the network, a Group Device Authentication Server (“GDAS”) may determine whether to grant the access, based on how many other UEs in the group (if any) currently have access. The GDAS may also revoke the access once granted (e.g., once the maximum duration has been reached).