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Method and apparatus for authenticating user equipment in wireless communication system

Grant US12581298B2 Kind: B2 Mar 17, 2026

Assignee

LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventors

Dongjoo Kim, Anbin Kim

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method for authenticating a UE in a wireless communication system, including: receiving, by a relay UE, a direct communication request message from a remote UE; identifying, by the relay UE, authentication for the remote UE based on the direct communication request message; and transmitting, by the relay UE, a direct communication accept message to the remote UE, and the direct communication request message may include at least one of a first unique identifier or a primary authentication-related key ID of the remote UE, and the direct communication accept message may include an indicator indicating whether secondary authentication of a protocol data unit (PDU) session of the relay UE, which the remote UE uses, is pending.

CPC Classifications

H04W 12/069 H04W 88/04 H04W 12/06 H04W 8/20 H04W 76/14 H04W 92/18 H04L 63/0853

Filing Date

2023-03-15

Application No.

18184216

Claims

12