ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,518, issued on April 22, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"UE onboarding and provisioning using one way authentication" was invented by Abhijeet Ashok Kolekar (Hillsboro, Ore.), Alexandre Saso Stojanovski (Paris) and Meghashree Dattatri Kedalagudde (Hillsboro, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and system for onboarding based on UE default manufacturer credentials are described. A UE sends default manufacturer credentials and an indication to proceed with restricted onboarding to an onboarding non-public network (O-SNPN). An Onboarding Server validates the authenticity of the UE based on the manufacture...