The disclosure relates to a
fifth generation (5G) communication
system or a sixth generation (6G) communication
system for supporting higher data rates beyond a fourth generation (4G) communication
system such as long term evolution (LTE). The disclosure provides techniques for performing
client credential assertion based
authentication and
authorization in a
wireless communication system. A method performed by a network entity for performing
client credential assertion (CCA) based
authentication and
authorization of the network entity is provided. The method includes sending, by the network entity to a network repository function (NRF), a first service request, wherein the sending of the first service request includes encrypting, by the network entity, a CCA token using a
key encapsulation mechanism (KEM), wherein the KEM is based on a predefined
post quantum cryptography (PQC) mechanism, signing, by the network entity, the encrypted CCA token using a
digital signature to generate a
quantum secure CCA token, wherein the
quantum secure CCA token is a digitally signed encrypted CCA token and the
digital signature is based on the predefined PQC mechanism, and sending, by the network entity to the NRF, the
quantum secure CCA token with the first service request, and receiving, by the network entity from the NRF, a service response to the first service request.