Ad Hoc Hotspot Mobile Equipment Verification Key
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Solution Overview
Problem
In Ad Hoc networks, the lack of key verification between Mobile Equipment (ME) and Ad Hoc hotspots leads to unauthorized access by ME from different telecommunication companies, resulting in resource preemption and reduced quality of service, affecting Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) for the hosting company.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a method where Ad Hoc hotspots verify ME by transmitting equipment information to an operating company database, receiving verification keys, and using these keys to authenticate ME connections, ensuring only legitimate equipment from the same company can establish connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If no key is set or only a fixed key is set for Ad Hoc hotspot, then connection establishment is simple and quick, but ME from different telecommunication companies can access the hotspot causing resource preemption and reduced quality of service
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-setting a verification key in the Ad Hoc hotspot before connection establishment. The hotspot verifies the verification key against the fixed key before allowing connection, preventing unauthorized access from ME of other telecommunication companies while maintaining efficient connection establishment for authorized devices
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses the verification key as an intermediary element between the fixed key and the connection establishment process. This intermediary verification mechanism allows the system to distinguish between authorized ME from the same telecommunication company and unauthorized ME from other companies, resolving the contradiction between simple connection establishment and quality of service protection
2Device complexity
If no key verification is implemented, then the system is simple and easy to deploy, but unauthorized ME can pre-empt service resources reducing ARPU
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-configuring the verification key in the Ad Hoc hotspot during deployment. This pre-set verification mechanism prevents unauthorized ME from accessing service resources, thereby protecting ARPU without requiring complex real-time verification systems during operation
Solution Approach 2:
The verification key serves as an intermediary that simplifies the authorization process. Instead of complex authentication systems, the patent uses this intermediate verification element to quickly identify and prevent unauthorized access, protecting ARPU with minimal system complexity
3Productivity
If a fixed key is set for Ad Hoc hotspot, then connection establishment is efficient, but the key can be easily acquired by all users leading to inability to provide different service
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-establishing a verification key that is different from the fixed key and is only known to authorized ME. This preliminary verification setup maintains efficient connection establishment for authorized devices while enabling service differentiation by preventing unauthorized ME from accessing the hotspot
Solution Approach 2:
The verification key acts as an intermediary layer between the fixed key and service access. It allows the system to maintain connection efficiency for authorized ME while providing adaptability and versatility by enabling different service levels and preventing unauthorized access, thus resolving the contradiction between efficiency and service differentiation
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AI summary
Disclosed is a method for verifying Mobile Equipment (ME), which includes that: an Ad Hoc hotspot, after determining that the ME transmitting equipment information is legal equipment, transmits corresponding ME information generated according to the equipment information to operating company database equipment, and receives verification key information returned by the operating company database equipment; and the Ad Hoc hotspot, after receiving a key verification request from the ME, verifies the ME by utilizing the corresponding verification key information, notifies the ME that the ME passes the verification if the ME passes the verification, and establishes a connection with the ME. The disclosure also discloses devices and a system for verifying the ME. By the disclosure, the Ad Hoc hotspot can provide different service for ME of different telecommunication operating companies, the quality of service of the Ad Hoc hotspot provided by the telecommunication operating company for its own customers using ME is ensured, and an Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) of the telecommunication operating company is further ensured.