US 11,706,591 B2
Methods to enable Wi-Fi onboarding of user equipment by utilizing an eSIM
Anand Oswal, Pleasanton, CA (US); Rajesh S. Pazhyannur, Fremont, CA (US); and Arun G. Khanna, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/895,695.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/913,732, filed on Oct. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0112382 A1, Apr. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 4/14 (2009.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 4/14 (2013.01) [H04L 63/0823 (2013.01); H04W 8/183 (2013.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
first providing, by a user equipment, a short message service (SMS) message, the message identifying a server in a private enterprise network, to initiate Wi-Fi onboarding through a mobile network that is distinct from a Wi-Fi network;
receiving, by the user equipment from the server in the private enterprise network, a binary SMS message including a request for a certificate signing request;
second providing, in response to the receiving, by the user equipment to an embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) associated with the user equipment, the binary SMS message, wherein the eSIM is specific to the private enterprise network;
generating, in response to the second providing, by the eSIM, a certificate signing request based on the request for the certificate signing request of the binary SMS message;
third providing, in response to the generating, the certificate signing request from the user equipment to the server through the mobile network based on both the eSIM and the in the private enterprise network; and
receiving, by the user equipment, a binary SMS message including Wi-Fi login data based on the certificate signing request provided to the mobile network;
logging in the user equipment to the Wi-Fi network using the received Wi-Fi login data.