Connection authentication in wireless communication network system

Abstract

In a wireless communication network system of the invention, in response to a request for connection authentication sent from each of multiple wireless communication terminals to a base station to establish a communication link, a link management module receives authentication information of each wireless communication terminal, which is generated corresponding to a piece of identification information allocated by an identification information management module and registered in the wireless communication terminal, from the wireless communication terminal via a wireless network. The link management module compares the authentication information received from the wireless communication terminal with multiple possible options of authentication information generated corresponding to multiple different pieces of identification information allocated by the identification information management module, and authenticates the wireless communication terminal that has sent the authentication information matching with one of the multiple possible options of authentication information. The identification information management module manages a mapping of each specific piece of identification information, which corresponds to a specific option of authentication information matching with the authentication information of the authenticated wireless communication terminal, to the authenticated wireless communication terminal. This arrangement of the invention assures simple, convenient, and safe authentication of multiple wireless communication terminals, while unequivocally identifying a process utilized by each user and the user's wireless communication terminal.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a wireless communication terminal (hereinafter also referred to as "access point") having a control function as a wireless station in a wireless communication network system capable of transmitting data using a wireless communication standard such as Bluetooth. ") and a wireless communication terminal controlled by a wireless station (hereinafter, simply referred to as "terminal") is a connection authentication technology for performing wireless communication. Background technique [0002] Electronic devices (wireless communication terminals) equipped with a wireless communication function by Bluetooth (hereinafter, sometimes abbreviated as "BT") are being developed. An electronic device equipped with such a function (hereinafter referred to as "BT terminal"), for one BT terminal (hereinafter referred to as "BT access point" or simply "access point") called the host, Up to seven BT terminals called slaves (hereinafter,...

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Problems solved by technology

However, in (1) method, the user must identify the BT address with as many as 48 bits and input it correctly

In addition, in method (2), as in (1), the user must identify the BT address and select his own BT terminal

If you enter or select wrongly, of course you cannot receive the service normally

In addition, if wrongly entered or selected, other people's BT terminals may also be able to access, which is not conducive to the protection of personal privacy

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