METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK DISCOVERY AND MANAGEMENT AND ASSOCIATED E-COMMERCE

摘要

The subject matter described herein relates to wireless network discovery, management, the enabling of services, and economic exchanges in a cooperative manner by one or more federated sets of consumers, one or more access point providers, and one or more wireless service providers. Described herein are methods and apparatus for the discovery, classification, and management of wireless networks. The methods and apparatuses described herein may leverage two complementary elements impacting the performance of wireless LANs: (1) organization and management of the wireless access points (hot spots) from an ontology perspective, and (2) organization of mobile devices as a federation.

主权项

1. A method for creating and managing a federation of wireless receive/transmit units, the method comprising:
receiving a request from at least one WRTU from a plurality of WRTUs to create a federation of WRTUs; requesting a federated community identification (FCI) from a management server; receiving the FCI from the management server; storing the FCI in a database; requesting a management policy object (MPO) from the management server; receiving the MPO from the management server; storing the MPO in a database; and managing the federation of WRTUs based on the received FCI and received MPO.