Online signup provisioning techniques for hotspot connections

摘要

Embodiments of system and method configurations for providing provisioning information to a mobile device via a wireless network access point are generally described herein. In some examples, a communication session is established between a mobile device and a service provider to obtain provisioning information for wireless network connectivity via a designated access point (e.g., a “hotspot”). A HTTP session is established within the communication session to exchange registration information via a browser of the mobile device. Provisioning information is returned within the communication session in a Subscription Management Object (MO) in response to successful completion of the HTTP session. The subscription MO is provided outside of the browser and the HTTP session (but within the communication session) using mechanisms such as OMA-DM or SOAP-XML communications. The mobile device can then utilize the provisioning information from the subscription MO to associate with an appropriate hotspot.

主权项

1. An apparatus of a station (STA), the apparatus comprising:
memory; and processing circuitry coupled to the memory, the processing circuitry configured to: initiate a Transport Layer Security (TLS) session with an online signup (OSU) server; encode a device management (DM) package 1 for transmission to the OSU server, the DM package 1 including an indication that the apparatus is contacting the OSU server to establish a new subscription; and decode a DM package 2 received from the OSU server in response to the DM package 1, the DM package 2 including a universal resource indicator (URI), the URI including a key, the key to link browser interaction with the TLS session.