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 i n 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 (e.g a network domain name). The mobile devi ce 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 i s 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 mobil e 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 |
CA2592935(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2008.01.07 |
申请号 |
CA20072592935 |
申请日期 |
2007.07.04 |
申请人 |
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED |
发明人 |
NAGY, THOMAS CHARLES;KEZYS, VYTAUTAS ROBERTAS |
分类号 |
H04L12/28;H04W8/24;H04W12/06;H04W12/08;H04W84/12 |
主分类号 |
H04L12/28 |
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