METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTHENTICATING USERS IN PUBLIC WIRELESS NETWORKS

摘要

A method for authenticating a user of a user equipment (100) provided with a mobile cellular network card module (130) in a public wireless network (120) is provided. The method comprises: - during an authentication procedure following an attempt (205) by the user to access the public wireless network (120) with the user equipment (100) for availing of services provided by the public wireless network (120): - retrieving (250) from the mobile cellular network card module (130) a code that uniquely identifies such mobile cellular network card module (130); - retrieving (250) from a database (160) wireless credentials of the user associated with said retrieved code that uniquely identifies such mobile cellular network card module (130); - providing said retrieved wireless credentials of the user (260) to the public wireless network (120); - granting (270, 280, 290) the user access to the public wireless network (120) conditioned to the correctness of the provided wireless credentials (250; 260).