Related technologies of the Internet-of-things are developed rapidly and widely applied. Machine type communication (MTC) can complete data information exchange and sharing between equipment without active participation of a user, has the characteristics of low cost, low power consumption and capability of transmitting information on a large scale, and is one of the most important communication modes in the Internet-of-things. Therefore, the security of the MTC needs to be emphasized, and the data security of the user needs to be protected. The invention provides a group authentication methodand a group authentication system in asynchronous group communication of machine type communication equipment in an LTE network, which construct a group authentication scheme by utilizing a (t, n) secret sharing scheme of Shamir, authenticate m (m is greater than or equal to t) machine type communication equipment (MTCD) at one time, and ensure the legality of MTCD identity of an access network. Meanwhile, in the token transmission process, an ElGamal encryption algorithm is used to ensure the security of the authentication token in the transmission process. By utilizing the method and the system, the group authentication can be completed only by one-time calculation, the confidentiality can reach the calculation security, and each group member only needs to carry one authentication token.