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RFC 7458
Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) Attributes for Wi-Fi Integration with the Evolved Packet Core,February 2015
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7458
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Abstract
With Wi-Fi emerging as a crucial access network for mobile serviceproviders, it has become important to provide functions commonlyavailable in 3G and 4G networks in Wi-Fi access networks as well.Such functions include Access Point Name (APN) Selection, multiplePacket Data Network (PDN) connections, and seamless mobility betweenWi-Fi and 3G/4G networks.
The EAP Authentication and Key Agreement (EAP-AKA), and EAP-AKA',protocol is required for mobile devices to access the mobile EvolvedPacket Core (EPC) via Wi-Fi networks. This document defines a fewnew EAP attributes to enable the above-mentioned functions in suchnetworks. The attributes are exchanged between a client (such as aMobile Node (MN)) and its network counterpart (such as anAuthentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) server) in theservice provider's infrastructure.
For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.
For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.