Provisioning of wireless security configuration information in a wireless network environment

A system comprising:

• a wireless access point;
• and
• message processing hardware operable to:
• obtain a unique identifier value of a mobile device in communication with the wireless access point over a wireless link;
• utilize the unique identifier value to identify status information and subscriber credentials assigned to the mobile device, the subscriber credentials associated with a subscriber subscribing to a network access plan supporting communications via the wireless access point;
• and
• upon a determination from the status information that the mobile device is not configured with configuration information to support secured wireless communications with the wireless access point:
• i) produce the configuration information from the subscriber credentials;
• and
• ii) initiate a transmission of the configuration information to the mobile device, the configuration information configuring the mobile device to support the secured wireless communications with the wireless access point;
• the message processing hardware further operative to:
• receive access credentials at the wireless access point from the mobile device, the mobile device providing the access credentials to the wireless access point to access a remote network through the wireless access point, the mobile device retrieving the access credentials from the configuration information received from the wireless access point.

Computer-readable storage hardware having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed by computer processor hardware, causing the computer processor hardware to:

• obtain a unique identifier value of a mobile device in communication with a wireless access point over a wireless link;
• utilize the unique identifier value to identify status information and subscriber credentials assigned to a subscriber of the mobile device, the subscriber subscribing to a network access plan supporting communications via the wireless access point;
• and
• in response to a determination, from the status information, that the mobile device is not configured with configuration information to support secured wireless communications with the wireless access point:
• i) produce the configuration information from the subscriber credentials;
• and
• ii) initiate a transmission of the configuration information to the mobile device, the configuration information configuring the mobile device to support the secured wireless communications with the wireless access point;
• the computer processor hardware further operative to:
• receive access credentials at the wireless access point from the mobile device, the mobile device providing the access credentials to the wireless access point to access a remote network through the wireless access point, the mobile device retrieving the access credentials from the configuration information received from the wireless access point.

A method comprising:

• obtaining a network address of a mobile device in communication with a wireless access point over a wireless link;
• utilizing the network address to identify status information and subscriber credentials assigned to the mobile device, a user of the mobile device being a subscriber of a network access plan supporting communications via the wireless access point;
• and
• upon a determination from the status information that the mobile device is not configured with configuration information to support secured wireless communications with the wireless access point:
• i) producing the configuration information based at least in part on the subscriber credentials;
• and
• ii) initiating a transmission of the configuration information to the mobile device, the configuration information configuring the mobile device to support the secured wireless communications with the wireless access point;
• wherein the configuration information includes the subscriber credentials, the method further comprising:
• receiving the subscriber credentials at the wireless access point from the mobile device, the mobile device providing the subscriber credentials to the wireless access point to access a remote network through the wireless access point, the mobile device retrieving the subscriber credentials from the configuration information received from the wireless access point;
• and
• providing the mobile device access to the remote network in response to receiving the subscriber credentials from the mobile device over the wireless link from the mobile device.