发明名称 |
PROVISIONING METHODS AND APPARATUS WITH USE OF A PROVISIONING ESSID DERIVED FROM BOTH PREDETERMINED CRITERIA AND NETWORK-SPECIFIC CRITERIA |
摘要 |
Methods and apparatus for use in provisioning mobile communication devices in wireless local area networks (WLANs) are described. In one illustrative example, a provisioning network identifier ("provisioning ESSID") is derived based on both predetermined provisioning criteria (e.g. a fixed alphanumeric string) and network-specific criteria associated with a WLAN (eg a network domain name). The mobile device associates with a wireless access point of a provisioning virtual local area network (VLAN) of the network with use of the provisioning network identifier. After associating with the wireless access point with the provisioning network identifier, a primary network identifier ("primary ESSID") associated with a primary VLAN of the network is received from the WLAN in a provisioning procedure and stored in memory of the mobile device after authentication. For subsequent communications with the WLAN, the mobile device associates with a wireless access point of the primary VLAN of the network with use of the primary network identifier. The technique of deriving an ESSID may alternatively be utilized in producing a primary ESSID of the WLAN.
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申请公布号 |
US2008148359(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2008.06.19 |
申请号 |
US20060611274 |
申请日期 |
2006.12.15 |
申请人 |
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED |
发明人 |
KEZYS VYTAUTAS ROBERTAS;NAGY THOMAS CHARLES |
分类号 |
H04L9/32 |
主分类号 |
H04L9/32 |
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