Authentication Failure Recovery System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wireless communication systems lack flexibility and security in authentication processes, leading to failed network access for devices, resulting in potential loss of revenue and customer connection.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that determine the cause of authentication failures, provide necessary authentication parameters to devices, and direct them to reattempt authentication, while identifying revenue sources for network usage, ensuring secure and controlled connectivity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If strict authentication procedures are enforced, then network security is improved, but network access for devices that fail authentication is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication system dynamically adapts its behavior based on the failure cause. When a device fails authentication, the system determines the specific cause and applies different responses: granting access for recoverable failures (like network issues) while maintaining strict authentication for security-related failures. This dynamic approach resolves the contradiction by making security enforcement flexible rather than rigid.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the authentication parameter state by identifying whether a failure is due to network issues or authentication credentials. Based on this parameter change, the system adjusts the access decision: allowing network access when the failure is due to network problems (changing the access parameter from denied to granted) while maintaining denial when authentication credentials are invalid.
2Reliability
If authentication failures result in denied access, then security is maintained, but revenue loss occurs from potential customers
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by monitoring authentication failure causes and using this information to make informed access decisions. When the feedback indicates a network-related failure rather than an authentication credential issue, the system responds by granting access, thereby preventing revenue loss while maintaining security for genuine authentication failures.
Solution Approach 2:
The system converts the harmful effect of authentication failures (which traditionally result in access denial and revenue loss) into a beneficial outcome by diagnosing the failure cause. When failures are due to network issues rather than security problems, the system grants access, transforming what would have been a revenue-loss scenario into a successful connection while maintaining security posture.
3Productivity
If authentication procedures are made flexible to allow reattempts, then network access is improved, but authentication complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication process is segmented into distinct phases: initial authentication attempt, failure cause determination, and conditional reattempt authorization. This segmentation allows the system to apply complexity only where necessary (in the failure analysis phase) while keeping the user-facing authentication process simple. The segmentation resolves the contradiction by localizing the complexity to the system's decision-making logic rather than the user's interaction.
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AI summary
A system, a method and computer-readable media for handling a device that experiences a failure to complete an authentication process of a network. The cause of the failure is determined. Authentication parameters that may be used by the device to complete the authentication process are then identified. The authentication parameters are communicated to the device, and the device is directed to reattempt the authentication process while utilizing the provided authentication parameters.