System and Method for Using Credentials of a First Client Station to Authenticate a Second Client Station

摘要

Described are methods that allow credentials of a first client station to authenticate a second client station. An exemplary method includes associating a first client station with a second client station, the first client station including credential information, the associating authorizing the second client station to use the credential information, transmitting, by the second client station, an association request to a network, the network utilizing the credential information to authorize a connection, the second client station configured to perform a proxy functionality for requests received from the network to be forwarded to the first client station and responses received from the first client station to be forwarded to the network, determining, by the network, whether the credential information received from the second client station is authenticated and establishing a connection between the second client station and the network using the credential information of the first client station.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
at a client station:
transmitting an association request to a network;receiving an identification request from the network;transmitting the identification request to a further client station, the further client station including credential information, the client station and the further client station being associated with one another such that the credential information is authorized to be used by the client station;receiving an identification response from the further client station, the identification response being generated as a function of the credential information of the further client station;transmitting the identification response to the network; andestablishing a connection between the client station and the network using the credential information of the further client station.