ENCAPSULATION TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING MEDIA INDEPENDENT HANDOVER (MIH) INFORMATION SERVICES MESSAGES

摘要

Various embodiments are described relating to encapsulation techniques or handling information services messages for wireless networks. One embodiment comprises generating (510) at a first wireless node a request to transmit a message of a first communications specification to a second wireless node that is not authenticated nor associated with the first wireless node. This embodiment further comprises making a determination (520) that the message is a type that may be transmitted to a node that is not authenticated nor associated with the first node, and encapsulating (530), based on the determination, at least a portion of the message of the first communications specification into a payload of a frame of a second communications specification. This embodiment further comprises transmitting (540) the frame of the second communications specification from the first wireless node to the second wireless node.