Perception-free WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) authentication method fusing Portal/Web authentication and MAC (Media Access Control) authentication

Abstract

The invention discloses a perception-free WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) authentication method fusing Portal / Web authentication and MAC (Media Access Control) authentication. In the method, the characteristics and advantages of Portal / Web authentication and MAC authentication are fused. The method comprises the following steps: when a user terminal accesses a WLAN network for the first time, a user authenticates via a mobile phone number, and an AP (Access Point) or AC (Access Controller) serving as network access equipment transmits the MAC address information of the user terminal to an authentication server by controlling an HTTP (Hyper Text Transport Protocol) redirecting request of the user, so that the authentication server can correlatively bind user information with the unique identification MAC of the user terminal; when the user accesses the network once again or roams, the AP or AC of a WLAN infrastructure extracts the MAC address of the user terminal while the user terminal is correlating with the network, and network access authentication is completed for the user by using the MAC without perception of the user. The perception-free authentication method does not have any additional software installation requirement on a wireless terminal of the user, so that the user can obtain excellent authentication experience while accessing the WLAN network, and the identity-traceable network security requirement can be met.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of WLAN wireless networks, and in particular relates to a non-perceptual authentication method, device and system applied to WLAN network access authentication. Background technique [0002] With the large-scale deployment and implementation of WLAN networks based on the IEEE802.11 protocol and the popularization of the mobile Internet, it is now possible to connect to WiFi wireless networks in airports, high-speed rail stations, shopping malls, hotels, blocks, supermarkets and other public places where people gather. Portal / Web authentication is widely used as an access authentication method for WLAN networks in these public places due to its simplicity, but this authentication method has the following defects so that the majority of users cannot tolerate its poor access experience. [0003] The details are as follows: (1) After the user connects to the WLAN network, he must open the browser and visit any s...

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[0005] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a user-insensitive access authentication mechanism and system based on the existing WLAN network architecture. Users who access the system only need to use the existing Portal / Web authentication method for authentication when accessing for the first time. No matter whether it is roaming or re-connecting to the system in the future, there is no perceptual authentication process at all, which solves the problem of poor access authentication experience for users of public WiFi networks

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