US Patent 11917404 Cellular network authentication utilizing unlinkable anonymous credentials

Methods for cellular network authentication utilizing unlinkable anonymous credentials are disclosed. In embodiments, a method includes: contacting, by a computing device, a mobile device network with a request to connect to the mobile device network; conducting, by the computing device, an interactive credential issuance protocol with an Issuer of the mobile device network to generate an unlinkable anonymous credential; and connecting, by the computing device, to the mobile device network based on a Verifier of the mobile device network verifying the computing device based on the unlinkable anonymous credential.