DEVICE MANAGED ACCESS POINT LISTS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

摘要

Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate device-side access point list management. Blacklists of access points unsuitable for providing network access to a related mobile device can be maintained as well as whitelists of suitable access points. The lists can be managed using an interface provided at the mobile device. In addition, lists can be modified according to provisioned network updates. Also, the lists can be of maximum size such that older entries can be purged upon insertion of newer entries based on a number of factors; timed entry deletion is provided as well. Access points in the lists can be stored and presented according to various identifiers related to the access points. DETECT AN ACCESS POINT 602 ADVERTISING AN IDENTIFIER COMPARE THE IDENTIFIER TO A 604 LIST OF IDENTIFIERS RELATED TO UNSUITABLE ACCESS POINTS DETERMINE WHETHER TO ESTABLISH COMMUNICATION 606 WITH THE ACCESS POINT BASED ON THE COMPARISON SCAN FOR ONE OR MORE DISPARATE ACCESS POINTS BASED 608 AT LEAST IN PART ON IDENTIFYING THE ACCESS POINT IN THE LIST OF UNSUITABLE ACCESS POINTS