1. A network component comprising:
at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising:
deriving a Master Session Key (MSK) using a secret key and at least one parameter obtained from an Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) sequence;
deriving a first Pairwise Master Key (PMK) and a second PMK from the MSK;
authenticating with a home gateway (HG) using the first PMK; and
authenticating with an end point using the second PMK.
2. The network component of claim 1, wherein the MSK is received using a protocol for carrying authentication for network access (PANA).
3. The network component of claim 1, wherein authenticating the HG comprises an 802.11 wireless link exchange.
4. The network component of claim 3, wherein the 802.11 wireless link exchange is performed with a wireless termination point (WTP) at the HG.
5. The network component of claim 1, wherein authenticating the end point comprises an Internet Key Exchange (IKE).
6. The network component of claim 5, wherein the end point is part of an Internet Protocol (IP) Edge.
7. An apparatus comprising:
a node comprising an access controller (AC) and a protocol for carrying authentication for network access (PANA) Authentication Agent (PAA);
wherein the AC is configured to manage authentication for a user equipment (UE); and
wherein the PAA is configured to implement a PANA to forward authentication information related to the UE.
8. The apparatus of claim 7 further comprising:
an Internet Protocol (IP) Edge in communication with the node; and
an access node (AN) in communication with the IP Edge.
9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the IP Edge is in communication with the AAA server and the IP network, and wherein the node is in communication with the AAA server.
10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the node and the AN are in communication with a home gateway (HG).
11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the HG is in wireless communication with the UE.
12. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the node is an AAA mediator (AAA-M) and is in communication with an IP Edge comprising an end point (EP) and a network access server (NAS).
13. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the node further comprises an end point (EP).
14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the node is a roaming edge (R-Edge) and is in communication with an IP Edge comprising a NAS.
15. A method comprising:
receiving a Master Session Key (MSK);
deriving a first Pairwise Master Key (PMK) and a second PMK from the MSK;
sending the first PMK to a home gateway (HG); and
sending the second PMK to an end point.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the first PMK is sent using a Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP).
17. The method of claim 15, wherein the second PMK is sent using Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) or DIAMETER, and wherein the end point is part of an Internet Protocol (IP) Edge.
18. The method of claim 15, wherein the MSK is received using Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) or DIAMETER.
19. The method of claim 15, wherein the first PMK is used for authentication between the HG and a user equipment (UE).
20. The method of claim 15, wherein the second PMK is used for authentication between the end point and a user equipment (UE).
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method in a wireless communication terminal that supports aggregated carrier access, the method comprising:
determining uplink power headroom information for a first set of carriers assigned to the terminal;
determining uplink buffer status indicating an amount of data in a terminal buffer available for E-DCH transmission;
transmitting a first composite report including terminal power headroom (UPH) information for the first set of carriers and the uplink buffer status information.
2. The method of claim 1,
the first set of carriers are associated with a first base station,
determining UPH information for a second set of carriers assigned to the terminal, the second set of carriers are associated with a second base station,
transmitting the first composite report to the first base station,
transmitting a second composite report including the UPH for the second set of carriers and the uplink buffer information to the second base station.
3. The method of claim 2, receiving an indication identifying the first set of carriers associated with the first base station and identifying the second set of carriers associated with the second base station.
4. The method of claim 1,
the first set of carriers comprises multiple carriers,
determining uplink power headroom information for the first set of carriers includes determining a highest UPH associated with a carrier and a lowest UPH associated with another carrier, the UPH information include only the highest UPH and a lowest UPH and associated carrier identification information, and uplink buffer status information.
5. The method of claim 4, receiving an indication identifying if the UPH information for a set of carriers include UPH information for each carrier of a set of carriers or includes only the highest UPH and a lowest UPH and associated carrier identification information, and uplink buffer status information
6. The method of claim 4,
UPH information only with highest and lowest UPH of a set of carriers,
trigerring the transmission of a composite scheduling report based on criteria that a carrier within a set of carriers with the highest or the lowest UPH is a different carrier within a configurable threshold since the last composite scheduling report with highest and lowest UPH information was transmitted, and in addition to the threshold the SI with highest and lowest UPH is only transmitted when piggyback on a MAC-PDU that contains layer 3 data.
7. A wireless communication terminal that supports aggregated carrier access, the terminal comprising:
a transceiver;
a controller coupled to the transceiver,
the controller configured to determine terminal power headroom (UPH) information for a first set of carriers assigned to the terminal;
the controller configured to determine an uplink buffer status indicating an amount of data that the terminal has to transmit;
transmitting a first composite report including the uplink power headroom information for the first set of carriers and the uplink buffer information.
8. The terminal of claim 7,
the first set of carriers are associated with a first base station,
the controller configured to determine UPH information for a second set of carriers assigned to the terminal, the second set of carriers are associated with a second base station,
transmitting the first composite report to the first base station,
transmitting a second composite report including the UPH for the second set of carriers and the uplink buffer information to the second base station.
9. The terminal of claim 8, the controller configuring the transceiver to receive an indication identifying the first set of carriers associated with the first base station and identifying the second set of carriers associated with the second base station.
10. The terminal of claim 7,
the first set of carriers comprises multiple carriers,
the controller configured to determine UPH information for the first set of carriers includes determining a highest UPH associated with a first carrier and a lowest UPH associated with a second carrier, the UPH information include only the highest uplink power headroom and a lowest uplink power headroom and associated carrier identification information, and uplink buffer status information.
11. The terminal of claim 10, the controller configuring the transceiver to receive an indication identifying if the UPH information for a set of carriers include UPH information for each carrier of a set of carriers or includes only the highest UPH and a lowest UPH and associated carrier identification information, and uplink buffer status information.
12. The terminal of claim 10, the controller configuring the transceiver when to transmit a composite scheduling report with highest and lowest UPH, associated carrier identification information and uplink buffer status information based on criteria that a carrier within a set of carriers with the highest or the lowest UPH is a different carrier by a configurable threshold since the last composite scheduling report with highest and lowest UPH information was transmitted, and configuring the transceiver to transmit the composite scheduling report based on the change of the carrier with highest and lowest UPH only when piggyback on a MAC-PDU that contains layer 3 data.