Techniques for roaming between wireless local area networks belonging to a social network

摘要

Examples are disclosed for roaming between wireless local area networks (WLANs) belonging to a social network. In some examples, configuration information for a WLAN may be received for setting up the WLAN for a social network. The social network may have one or more roaming members. Information about the roaming members and one or more policies for the roaming members to connect to the WLAN may also be received. For these examples, the configuration information, roaming member information and the one or more policies may be maintained at a server for a service provider related to the WLAN. Other examples are described and claimed.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
circuitry; a receive component to be executed by the circuitry to receive configuration information to configure a first wireless local area network (WLAN) for a subscriber as a first connection point for a social network including a plurality of roaming members, roaming member information to identify the plurality of roaming members, and one or more policies for the plurality of roaming members to connect to the first WLAN, the one or more policies comprising at least allowing auto-connect for a first portion of the plurality of roaming members and sending a prompt to connect to a second portion of the plurality of roaming members; an information component to be executed by the circuitry to maintain the configuration information, the roaming member information and the one or more policies at a server to set up the first WLAN for the social network; and an access component to be executed by the circuitry to grant a request from the subscriber for user equipment (UE) belonging to a given roaming member to connect to the first WLAN based on the given roaming member identified as being among the plurality of roaming members included in the social network.