METHOD FOR FACILITATING ACCESS TO A FIRST ACCESS NEWORK OF A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

A method for facilitating access to a first access network (110) of a wireless communication system (100) comprises authenticating (300) a wireless communication device (102) with a second access network (104) and generating temporary access credentials using access information provided by the second access network (104). The wireless communication device (102) then transforms (302) the temporary access credentials and an identifier of the first access network (110) to provide first transformed access credentials which are transmitted (304) for performing authentication with the first access network (110). The identifier of the first access network (110) is provided to the second access network (104) which generates (308) second transformed access credentials using the identifier of the first access network (110) and the temporary access credentials. Authentication is performed (310) with the first access network (110), which includes comparing the first transformed access credentials with the second transformed access credentials and allowing access to the first access network (110) when the first transformed access credentials and the second transformed access credentials are substantially the same. A wireless communication device, and a wireless communication system are also disclosed and claimed.