System and method for authentication of a communication device

摘要

A system and method for authentication of a communication device is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an authentication system can have a controller element that receives from a communication device by way of a packet-switched network an authentication request comprising a first identification (ID) of a gateway and a second ID of the communication device. The gateway and at least one network element of the packet-switched network can be provisioned to have a physical association with each other such that other network elements of the packet-switched network deny services to the gateway when the gateway attempts to operate outside of said physical association. From said physical association and the aforementioned IDs the controller element can authenticate the communication device. Additional embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. An authentication system, comprising:
at least one processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving from a gateway an authentication request comprising a first identification of the gateway and a second identification of a communication device, wherein the gateway receives an initiating authentication request from the communication device, wherein the initiating authentication request comprises the second identification, and wherein the gateway generates the authentication request by adding the first identification;determining whether the authentication request provided by the gateway is received from an expected network element that is physically associated with the gateway;denying service to the gateway and the communication device responsive to detecting that the authentication request is not received from the expected network element;responsive to detecting that the authentication request is received from the expected network element:
retrieving first authentication identification and second authentication identification according to the first identification and the second identification supplied by the gateway; andauthenticating the communication device in response to detecting a match between the first identification and the second identification and the first authentication identification and the second authentication identification, wherein the gateway is communicatively coupled to a selected digital subscriber line access multiplexer of a plurality of digital subscriber multiplexers in a packet-switched network, wherein the selected digital subscriber line access multiplexer and the gateway are not portable communication devices, and wherein the selected digital subscriber line access multiplexer is provisioned to provide services to the gateway based on a physical association of the selected digital subscriber line access multiplexer to the gateway.