diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index cd4d6c0..86a09b7 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -330,9 +330,9 @@
       }
     },
     "@pushrocks/smartsocket": {
-      "version": "1.1.37",
-      "resolved": "https://verdaccio.lossless.one/@pushrocks%2fsmartsocket/-/smartsocket-1.1.37.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-4XYj4v7yrvmh1PlKe7u6fE84bsAn4c8loGA/hxbB1IPntXBXZbXqEXnOQo6Dpqxwk6nGC4ABGpZIMXf+o6qcLQ==",
+      "version": "1.1.38",
+      "resolved": "https://verdaccio.lossless.one/@pushrocks%2fsmartsocket/-/smartsocket-1.1.38.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-mGWEuA53GqTFOCebwo4Ayu2l7xjui7I0tdUNgZShGhIr4yv+q3sP/66q6cT388xVawIN+swviJPlPoogaoZXdA==",
       "requires": {
         "@pushrocks/lik": "^3.0.5",
         "@pushrocks/smartdelay": "^2.0.3",
@@ -510,9 +510,9 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-tHq6qdbT9U1IRSGf14CL0pUlULksvY9OZ+5eEgl1N7t+OA3tGvNpxJCzuKQlsNgCVwbAs670L1vcVQi8j9HjnA=="
     },
     "@types/node": {
-      "version": "12.0.6",
-      "resolved": "https://verdaccio.lossless.one/@types%2fnode/-/node-12.0.6.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-3sV/MUw6uYxPaRIoooI/MjO0j1A06JNlbpkGc56F+zikO52qavehD/Qw85so47gWhO82tNzEFoF6adXqIfK+EA=="
+      "version": "12.0.7",
+      "resolved": "https://verdaccio.lossless.one/@types%2fnode/-/node-12.0.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-1YKeT4JitGgE4SOzyB9eMwO0nGVNkNEsm9qlIt1Lqm/tG2QEiSMTD4kS3aO6L+w5SClLVxALmIBESK6Mk5wX0A=="
     },
     "@types/range-parser": {
       "version": "1.2.3",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6861e4f..de647d1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "@gitzone/tsbuild": "^2.1.11",
     "@gitzone/tstest": "^1.0.24",
     "@pushrocks/tapbundle": "^3.0.9",
-    "@types/node": "^12.0.6",
+    "@types/node": "^12.0.7",
     "tslint": "^5.17.0",
     "tslint-config-prettier": "^1.18.0"
   },
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "@pushrocks/smartpromise": "^3.0.2",
     "@pushrocks/smartrequest": "^1.1.15",
     "@pushrocks/smartrx": "^2.0.3",
-    "@pushrocks/smartsocket": "^1.1.37",
+    "@pushrocks/smartsocket": "^1.1.38",
     "@pushrocks/smarttime": "^3.0.7",
     "@pushrocks/smartunique": "^3.0.1"
   },
diff --git a/ts/interfaces/universeconnection.interfaces.ts b/ts/interfaces/universeconnection.interfaces.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f239ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts/interfaces/universeconnection.interfaces.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export interface IAuthenticationRequest {
+  channelName: string;
+  password: string;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universe.ts b/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universe.ts
index 318c251..8fea061 100644
--- a/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universe.ts
+++ b/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universe.ts
@@ -95,12 +95,12 @@ export class Universe {
     const SubscriptionSocketFunction = new plugins.smartsocket.SocketFunction({
       allowedRoles: [ClientRole], // there is only one client role, Authentication happens on another level
       funcName: 'channelSubscription',
-      funcDef: async (dataArg, socketConnectionArg) => {
+      funcDef: async (dataArg: interfaces.IServerCallSubscribeActionPayload, socketConnectionArg) => {
         // run in "this context" of this class
         (() => {
           // TODO: properly add the connection
           const universeConnection = new UniverseConnection({
-            
+            authenticationRequest: 
           })
           this.universeConnectionManager.addConnection();
         })();
diff --git a/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universeconnection.ts b/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universeconnection.ts
index 3ba82a8..f4e8a49 100644
--- a/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universeconnection.ts
+++ b/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universeconnection.ts
@@ -5,21 +5,29 @@ import { UniverseChannel } from './smartuniverse.classes.universechannel';
  * represents a connection to the universe
  */
 export class UniverseConnection {
+  public terminatedDeferred = plugins.smartpromise.defer();
+
+
   /**
    * the socketClient to ping
    */
   public socketConnection: plugins.smartsocket.SocketConnection;
-  public authenticationRequests = []
+  public authenticationRequests = [];
   public subscribedChannels: UniverseChannel[] = [];
   public authenticatedChannels: UniverseChannel[] = [];
   public failedToJoinChannels: UniverseChannel[] = [];
 
+  /**
+   * terminates the connection
+   */
   public terminateConnection () {
-    this.socketConnection
+    this.socketConnection.socket.disconnect();
+    this.terminatedDeferred.resolve();
   }
 
   constructor(optionsArg: {
     socketConnection: plugins.smartsocket.SocketConnection;
+    authenticationRequests
   }) {
     this.socketConnection,
   }
diff --git a/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universeconnectionmanager.ts b/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universeconnectionmanager.ts
index a6a8712..3314895 100644
--- a/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universeconnectionmanager.ts
+++ b/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universeconnectionmanager.ts
@@ -7,5 +7,23 @@ import { UniverseConnection } from './smartuniverse.classes.universeconnection';
 export class UniverseConnectionManager {
   public connectionMap = new plugins.lik.Objectmap<UniverseConnection>();
 
-  public addConnection() {}
+  public async addConnection(universeConnectionArg: UniverseConnection) {
+    let universeConnection = universeConnectionArg;
+    universeConnection = await this.deduplicateUniverseConnection(universeConnection);
+    universeConnection = this.authenticateAuthenticationRequests();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * deduplicates UniverseConnections
+   */
+  public deduplicateUniverseConnection (universeConnectionArg: UniverseConnection): Promise<UniverseConnection> {
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * authenticate AuthenticationRequests
+   */
+  public authenticateAuthenticationRequests(universeConnectionArg) {
+
+  }
 }