METHODS OF AUTHENTICATING ELECTRONIC DEVICES IN MOBILE NETWORKS

摘要

The present invention relates to methods of authenticating an electronic device in a mobile network. A method of authenticating an electronic device comprises a first mobile network controller receiving an authentication request from the electronic device in a mobile network 105; searching for an authentication credential 110 at a first mobile network controller by searching in a local database of the first mobile network controller; and, searching for an alternate authentication server to fulfill the authentication request 115, if the authentication credential is not found in the local database of the first mobile network controller.