The invention discloses methods of access 
authentication and recertification of a user terminal in a home 
NodeB system, mainly overcoming the defect that the existing standard does not provide an 
authentication method of the user terminal for accessing a 
core network through the home 
NodeB. The access 
authentication process comprises the following steps: firstly, simultaneously sending the identification of a user and the identification of the home 
NodeB to HNBHLR to inquire, judging according to whether the identification of the user exists in the CSG 
list of the home NodeB; and secondly, adopting the modified EAP-AKA protocol to perform authentication between the user terminal and a 
authentication server. The recertification process comprises the following steps: firstly, judging according to whether the identification of the user is as the same as the identification stored in the home NodeB network, and secondly, using a hierarchy secret key to modify the existing EAP-AKA recertification method to realize the 
mutual authentication between the user terminal and the 
authentication server. The methods of the invention has the advantages of simple processes, high efficiency, reliable performance, good safety and the like, thus being applicable to the access authentication and recertification of the user terminal in the home NodeB 
system.