A secure server-paid hot spot Wi-Fi Internet service method

Author

Luo, Hui

Author_Institution

Broadcom Corp., NJ, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

31 May-2 June 2004

Abstract

This paper proposes a server-paid hot spot Wi-Fi Internet service method. The principle is to let a server pay hot spot Wi-Fi service providers to get free Wi-Fi service for a certain group of users so that these users can access the server or the server´s network via Wi-Fi access points at those hot spots. This paper addresses details on how to implement such server-paid service in a secure manner, including how to enable hot spot Wi-Fi service provider to enforce user authentication without knowing the authentication credential between a user and the server that pays for the user, and how to prevent a server from being charged by a dishonest hot spot Wi-Fi service provider that fakes user activities.

Keywords

Internet; authorisation; network servers; telecommunication security; telecommunication services; wireless LAN; Wi-Fi access point; authentication credential; secure server-paid hot spot Wi-Fi Internet service method; server-paid service; user authentication; Authentication; Network servers; Portable computers; Proposals; Roads; Search engines; Uniform resource locators; Web and internet services; Web pages; Web server;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Technologies: Frontiers of Mobile and Wireless Communication, 2004. Proceedings of the IEEE 6th Circuits and Systems Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7938-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CASSET.2004.1322895

Filename

1322895